Question

Which of the following best describes the intellectual environment in which Darwin and Wallace developed the theories of evolution through natural selection?
A.Ideas of biological change were firmly rooted in the notion of the fixity of species.
B.Many of their basic concepts were already accepted in the scientific community.
C.Their ideas represented a major break from accepted ideas of evolution.
D.Their ideas only became fully accepted after the publication of Lyell's work.
E.only A and C

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