The study of the geographical distribution of organisms, such as the concentration of marsupials in Australia, is called

  • A. palaeontology
  • B. embryology
  • C. biogeography
  • D. taxonomy

Explanation

Biogeography explains why isolated landmasses evolve their own distinctive faunas, a pattern Darwin and Wallace both used as evidence. Palaeontology is the study of fossils and embryology of development, different branches of the same supporting case.

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