Q. How did George Cuvier accounts for the extinctions in nature
A) Extinctions never occur there are unexplored parts of the globe where the organisms that appears to have gone extinct may still live
B) Extinctions occur when the slow adaptations of the organisms overtime to their environment are not quick enough to help them respond to changing conditions
C) Extinctions occur at random, they do not reflect God’s will
D) Extinctions occur due to the catastrophic events
Explanation
Theory of catastrophism was given by Georges Cuvier (1769-1832). He is the father of modern Palaeontology. According to this theory, cataclysms or catastrophic evolution occurs upon earth from time to time which completely destroys all the organisms. New organisms then suddenly arises from the inorganic matter
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