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Explanation: Ibn Khaldun was a 14th century AD Muslim writer in North Africa. He wrote a number of works which are very interesting for their contributions to social science, which was, before Ibn Khaldun, a field which had received very little interest since Classical antiquity. But in this meme his scientific thought takes center stage - he formulated an early theory of evolution. While not the first, not even the first in Islamic scholarship, it is notable for the prominence of the thinker and how close the general thrust of the idea is to modern ideas of evolution.