Four of the five people listed below were biologists. Select the exception?

Question

a. Buffon

b. Lyell

c. Wallace

d. Cuvier

e. Darwin

Answer 1

-Buffon was a French naturalist.
-Lyell was a Geologist
-Wallace was a naturalist, explorer, geographer, anthropologist and biologist.
-Cuvier was a French naturalist and Zoologist.
-Darwin was a English naturalist

Answer 2

B) Charles Lyell was a geologist, not a biologist.

On the other hand, the following were all biologists: Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon; Alfred Russel Wallace; Georges Cuvier; and Charles Darwin. However, scientists in the field were typically called "naturalists" during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.

For some reason, several people here have said that Cuvier is not the name of a biologist. But, to reiterate, Georges Cuvier (1769-1832) was a noted biologist. He was instrumental in the development of the field of comparative anatomy, and he demonstrated conclusively for the first time that animals could become extinct; previously, it was widely believed that every species that had ever existed was still in existence, because God's creation was perfect.

Answer 3

Lyell was not a biologist. He was a geologist. Cuvier became known as the father of comparative anatomy, a field of biology.

Actually, in their own day, none of the above were referred to as "biologists." They were all known (including Lyell) as "natural philosphers."

Answer 4

d. Cuvier

Answer 5

d. Cuvier

Answer 6

..d.