Reading | Question 1 of 10

According to paragraph 1, all of the following are true EXCEPT

  • Darwin saw evolutionary change as happening slowly and gradually
  • Gaps in the fossil record were used to explain why it is difficult to see continuous small changes in the evolution of species
  • Darwin’s evolutionary thesis was rejected because small changes could not be observed in the evolutionary record
  • By the early twentieth century, most biologists believed that gradualism explained evolutionary change
The Pace of Evolutionary Change