Question

The "origin of species" is written by:

• A. Linnaeus
• B. Darwin
• C. Haeckel
• D. Whittaker

Answer 1

The correct option is B

Darwin

The correct option is B

Explanation of the correct option:

1. The book 'Origin of Species was written by Charles Darwin and was published on 24 November 1859.
2. Charles Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selection is the foundation upon which modern evolutionary theory is built.
3. The theory was outlined in Darwin's seminal work On the Origin of Species, published in 1859.

Explanation of the incorrect option:

Option A:

1. Carl Linnaeus is well known for his work in binomial nomenclature.
2. Binomial nomenclature is a naming system for the classification of species.
3. He wrote two books namely Species Plantarum in 1753 for plants and System Naturae in 1758.
4. These two books are used in naming plants and animals.

Option C:

1. Ernst Haeckel is best known for the famous statement “ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny”.
2. He also coined many words commonly used by biologists today, such as phylum, phylogeny, and ecology.

Option D:

R.H Whittaker proposed the five kingdom classification in 1969, in which all living organisms are divided into five kingdoms based on their complexity of cell structure, the complexity of the organism’s body, and mode of nutrition.

Final answer: The "origin of species" is written by Darwin.