NEET UG BIOLOGY MCQ: EVOLUTION

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‘Use and disuse’ theory was proposed by

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Lamarck

Option A (Lamarck) is correct because Jean-Baptiste Lamarck proposed the theory of inheritance of acquired characteristics, often referred to as the 'use and disuse' theory.

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The main point of Darwin’s theory is Which one of the following is not a vestigial structure in Homo sapiens? The brain capacities of Homo habilis were Assertion (A): In mammals the forelimbs perform different functions.

Reason (R): The forelimbs in different mammals consist of different sets of bones. Identify the phenomenon in which the members of a species do not interbreed with the members of other species or same species Assertion: Organic compounds first evolved in earth required for origin of life were protein and nucleic acid.
Reason: All life forms were in water environment only.