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5.2 Natural selection and evolution

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Question 15

Which statement best describes how the evolutionary theories of Charles Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace were first presented to the scientific community?

A

They co-authored and published the book On the Origin of Species in 1859.

B

Their independent papers on natural selection were presented together at the Linnean Society in 1858.

C

They presented a joint lecture series after returning from a collaborative expedition to the Galápagos Islands.

D

Their ideas were combined with Gregor Mendel's laws of inheritance in a joint publication in 1900.

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5.2 Natural selection and evolution Questions

  1. GCSE
  2. /Biology
  3. /5.2 Natural selection and evolution

38 exam-style questions on OCR GCSE Biology 5.2 Natural selection and evolution, covering 5.2.1 Genetic variation within a population, 5.2.2 Developments in classification systems, 5.2.3 How evolution occurs through natural selection, 5.2.4 Evolution as change over time, 5.2.5 Evidence for evolution, and 5.2.6 Darwin and Wallace. Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.

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