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___ is known as the 'Father of Evolution'.

A

Jean Baptist de Monet Lamarck

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Charles Robert Darwin

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Gregor Mendel

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Alfred Russel Wallace

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The correct option is B Charles Robert Darwin
Charles Robert Darwin is considered as the 'Father of Evolution'. There were other scientists who proposed theories on evolution before him but the theories and ideas proposed by his predecessors were limited to the information available at the time.

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