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Which lists the main components of Darwin’s theory of evolution?

Random mutations drive evolution; the evolution of a population happens slowly; organisms have common ancestors; organisms do not change.
Natural selection drives evolution; the evolution of a population happens slowly; organisms have common ancestors; organisms change over time.
Natural selection drives evolution; the evolution of a population happens rapidly; organisms have common ancestors; organisms change over time.
Random mutations drive evolution; the evolution of a population happens rapidly; organisms have common ancestors; organisms do not change.

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The second one is correct. I know this because it is Natural Selection, not random mutations like the first and forth ones say. It is not the third one because it happens slowly, over a long time.
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Natural selection drives evolution; the evolution of a population happens rapidly; organisms have common ancestors; organisms change over time.

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