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Who was one of the first scientists to suggest that species arose from ancestors and were changing?Multiple choice question.WallaceCuvierHuttonBuffon

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The correct answer is Wallace.

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Alfred Russel Wallace was a naturalist who independently proposed a theory of evolution by natural selection. He suggested that species are not static and can change over time, arising from ancestral forms. Along with Charles Darwin, Wallace is credited with the development of the concept of evolution based on the idea that species change through a process influenced by environmental factors and natural selection.

While Georges Cuvier studied fossils and established extinction as a fact, his work focused more on the stability of species. James Hutton and Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon contributed to evolutionary ideas but did not specifically outline the theory of natural selection as Wallace did. Thus, Wallace is the most appropriate choice for this question.

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