According to Charles Robert Darwin all species were established from ______________.

Uncommon ancestors

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Common ancestors

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Different individuals

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None of the above

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Solution

The correct option is A Common ancestors
Charles Darwin established that all species of life have descended over time from common ancestors. He did not know about Mendels experiment on inheritance which would have helped him study his work more easily. Therefore, (b) is the correct answer.

Suggest Corrections

Column I	Column II
(a) Robert Hooke	(i) Mutation theory
(b) Charles Darwin	(ii) Swan necked flask experiment
(c) Hugo de Vries	(iii) Origin of Species
(d) Louis Pasteur	(iv) Micrographia