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Question
The first scientist who proposed his theory for evolution was ______.
Options
Darwin
Mendel
Lamarck
Wallace
Solution
The first scientist who proposed his theory for evolution was Lamarck.
Explanation:
Lamarck was the first scientist to propose his theory of use, disuse, and inheritance of acquired characters to explain the evolutionary process.
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