1. james hutton developed the principle of uniformitarianism. which
of the following statements best describes that principle?
a. it was developed based on observations of living
organisms.
b. since hutton was a geologist, the principle had no
influence on darwin's work.
c. it proposed that the processes that shaped earth in the
past no longer occur today.
d. it proposed that earth was shaped by the same physical
processes in the past as it is in the present.