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Which of the following scientist(s) proposed the theory of evolution by natural selection?

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Jean-Baptiste Lamarck
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Charles Darwin
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Gregor Mendel
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Carl Linnaeus
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The correct option is B Charles Darwin
Charles Darwin proposed the theory of evolution by natural selection. "Survival of the fittest" is a phrase that originated from Darwinian evolutionary theory as a way of describing the mechanism of natural selection.

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