Which of the following ideas did Charles Lyell subscribe to? A: Human populations grow faster than their resources. B: Earth must be far older than most people believed. C: He developed the idea of inheritance of acquired characteristics. D: Traits an organism develops during its own lifetime can be passed onto its offspring.
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