Evolutionary Thoughts Quiz

Who is considered to be the father of evolution?

• Pliny the Elder

• Charles Darwin

• Theophrastus

• Aristotle

Which ancient naturalist classified animals based on structure and functions?

• Pliny the Elder

• Theophrastus

• Aristotle

• Charles Darwin

Which work by Aristotle focused on animal anatomy, morphology, and physiology?

• Historia Animalium

• De Generatione Animalium

• De Partibus Animalium

• Historia Plantarum

Who wrote the work 'Naturalis Historia' that tackled several fields such as biology, astronomy, and mathematics?

• Pliny the Elder

• Theophrastus

• Aristotle

• Charles Darwin

Which scholar held the view that natural events work toward some kind of purpose?

• Charles Darwin

• Al-Jahiz

• Ibn-Khaldun

• St. Thomas Aquinas

Who published the work 'Kitab al-Hayawan' which supported the idea of natural selection?

• Al-Jahiz

• St. Thomas Aquinas

• Ibn-Khaldun

• Charles Darwin

Which scientist put forth ideas in comparative anatomy that are closely related to today's idea of evolution?

• St. Thomas Aquinas

• Al-Jahiz

• Jean-Baptiste Lamarck

• Comte de Buffon

Who proposed the theory of use and disuse as a major step toward the development of evolutionary theory?

• Al-Jahiz

• St. Thomas Aquinas

• Comte de Buffon

• Jean-Baptiste Lamarck

According to Lamarck's theory of use and disuse, how are traits acquired by organisms passed onto their offspring?

• Through spontaneous generation

• Through learned behavior

• Through environmental factors

• Through genetic mutation

Which publication claimed that fossils show the progressive changes that happen to organisms?

• Historia Animalium

• Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation

• Naturalis Historia

• De Generatione Animalium