"The present is the key to the past" is the summarization of the doctrine of ________.
A) Earth history
B) Precambrian time
C) Analogy
D) Fundamentalism
E) Uniformitarianism

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The doctrine of uniformitarianism states that the same geological processes that operate today have been shaping the Earth throughout its history, and that the present is the key to the past. Therefore, the best choice is E.

"The Present Is the Key to the Past" Is the Summarization