During the eighteenth century,many scholars became interested in biological diversity,human origins,and our position within the classification of plants and animals.At that time,the most commonly accepted explanation of the origin of species was
A) catastrophism, the belief that species arise from one another through a long and gradual process of transformation.
B) biblical punctuated equilibrium.
C) creationism, the belief that biological similarities and differences originated at Creation and that these characteristics, once set, could not change.
D) uniformitarianism, the belief that natural forces at work today also explain past events.
E) Mendelianism.

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During the eighteenth century, the most commonly accepted explanation for the origin of species was creationism. This belief held that all species were created as they are and do not change over time, aligning with the religious views prevalent during that era.

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