The idea that animal forms are arranged in a ladder whereby organisms progressed from a lesser to a greater state of perfection is termed:
A)holism
B)uniformitarianism
C)great chain of being
D)anthropocentrism

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The Great Chain of Being was a hierarchical concept in which all forms of life were ranked in a ladder-like fashion with God at the top and the lowest forms of life at the bottom. This idea was popular during the medieval period and the Renaissance and was later rejected by modern scientific thought.

The Idea That Animal Forms Are Arranged in a Ladder