Multiple choice

The idea of evolution was first put forward by

  1. Lamarck

  2. Empedocles

  3. Bateson

  4. Aristotle
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B Correct answer
Explanation

While many associate evolution with Darwin or Lamarck, the Greek philosopher Empedocles is credited with the earliest recorded ideas regarding the transmutation of species and the survival of the fittest, long before modern evolutionary theory.

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