Question

The evolutionary importance of ______ was apparent to Darwin, but not to Linnaeus.

Options

• cladistics

• radiometric dating

• variation

• typology

Answer 1

The evolutionary importance of variation was apparent to Darwin, but not to Linnaeus.

Explanation:

The evolutionary importance of variation was apparent to Darwin but not to Linnaeus. Darwin recognized that individual variation within populations is crucial for natural selection to act upon, leading to evolution. In contrast, Linnaeus focused on typology, classifying organisms into fixed types without considering variation essential for species change.