The populationist:
A)believes that variation of a basic type is illusory;only archetypes are real
B)believes that only individuals have reality;archetypes are illusory
C)would classify fossils that show no more variation between them than individuals within a closely related living species as the same species
D)b and c

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The populationist perspective emphasizes the reality and importance of individual variation within species, arguing against the concept of fixed archetypes and suggesting that what we consider a species is based on the range of variation observed within living populations. This view would indeed classify fossils with variation no greater than that seen within a living species as members of the same species, and holds that archetypes (idealized, unvarying forms) are not real, but rather, only individual organisms are.

The Populationist