Question

In Europe at the time Darwin voyaged on HMS Beagle, the popularly accepted explanation of the origin of Earth's plants and animals held that the various species __________.

Answer 1

The correct answer would be - had been created rapidly by a divine creator or God, a few thousand years before .

Step-by-step explanation:

In Europe around the time of 1831 when Darwin voyaged on HMS beagle as a naturalist on the ship, the most popular believe or explanation was that all kind of plants and animals are created by the God or some kind of divine creator who imitated the life on earth and various species.

The population used to think and believe that life on earth just origin in few thousand years ago, that has no scientific explanation.

Thus, the correct answer is - had been created rapidly by a divine creator or God, a few thousand years before .