Directions: In the following question, four statements are provided between an opening statement 1 and closing statement 6. The four statements are jumbled up and form a coherent paragraph when properly arranged. Select the alternative representing the proper and logical sequencing of these six taken together.
1. Richard Owen had exaggerated and misinterpreted the structural difference between apes and humans, referring to the 'last link in the chain of changes' between them, a link he couldn't find.
A. According to this notion, all creatures were arrayed as a chain of creation that proceeded step by step, toward perfection.
B. This was a play on the Great Chain of Being, a medieval concept, with origins dating back to Aristotle.
C. This metaphorical chain linked the lowest beast to the highest, mankind, which was in turn linked to angles, archangels, and the Divine Being himself.
D. The chain did not represent evolution, Darwin's 'descent with modification'.
6. It represented instead a static differentiation, a sequence or orderliness to the objects of creation, not change.
1. Richard Owen had exaggerated and misinterpreted the structural difference between apes and humans, referring to the 'last link in the chain of changes' between them, a link he couldn't find.
A. According to this notion, all creatures were arrayed as a chain of creation that proceeded step by step, toward perfection.
B. This was a play on the Great Chain of Being, a medieval concept, with origins dating back to Aristotle.
C. This metaphorical chain linked the lowest beast to the highest, mankind, which was in turn linked to angles, archangels, and the Divine Being himself.
D. The chain did not represent evolution, Darwin's 'descent with modification'.
6. It represented instead a static differentiation, a sequence or orderliness to the objects of creation, not change.
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