___________________wrote the highly praised Principles of Geology in which was emphasized the principle of uniformitarianism.
A) Charles Darwin
B) Charles Lyell
C) Alfred Russel Wallace
D) Jean-Baptiste Lamarck
E) Thomas Malthus

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Charles Lyell wrote the highly praised Principles of Geology in which he emphasized the principle of uniformitarianism. This principle proposed that geological processes that occurred in the past are the same processes that are occurring in the present, and therefore, the present can be used to understand the past.

___________________Wrote the Highly Praised Principles of Geology in Which Was