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Prior to the work of Charles Darwin and Alfred Wallace, what was the universal belief about the origin of all species?

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All species of organisms appeared on Earth at the same time and have remained relatively unchanged.

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Answer:

An higher being, or God created them.

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This may not be the exact answer you are looking for, but lots of people looked to higher beings to make sense of the world before science.

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