Question

1. Which scientist's ideas eventually lead to the theory that Earth is several billion years old?

A. Charles Lyell
B. Alfred Russel Wallace
C. Georges Cuvier O
D. Jean Baptiste Lamarck​

Answer 1

C. George Cuvier

Step-by-step explanation:

During the 19th century, Georges Cuvier developed his own theory of catastrophes. Fossils show that animal and plant species are destroyed time and again by floods and other natural disasters, and that new species evolve shortly after that.