The Danish physician who developed the geologic principle of superposition, according to which rocks (and fossils) higher in a sequence are younger than those buried farther down, was
A)Charles Lyell.
B)Niels Stensen (aka Nicolaus Steno).
C)William Smith.
D)James Hutton.

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The Danish physician who developed the geologic principle of superposition was Niels Stensen, also known as Nicolaus Steno. Charles Lyell, William Smith, and James Hutton were all important figures in the development of geology, but they did not specifically formulate the principle of superposition.

The Danish Physician Who Developed the Geologic Principle of Superposition