James Hutton studied the landscape and coastlines of which region?
The Alaskan wilderness
The African savannah
His native Scottish lowlands
The Australian Outback
Answer
James Hutton studied the landscape and coastlines of his native Scottish lowlands. He used his observations to develop his theory of uniformitarianism, which states that the Earth's surface is shaped by the same processes that are still active today.
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