"The physical, chemical and biological processes that operate today have operated throughout geologic time" is a restatement of James Hutton's theory of_______ .
A) uniformitarianism
B) gradualism
C) catastrophism
D) recidivism

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This statement is a restatement of James Hutton's theory of uniformitarianism, which posits that the same natural laws and processes that operate in the universe now have always operated in the universe in the past and apply everywhere in the universe.

"The Physical, Chemical and Biological Processes That Operate Today Have