Influential Nineteenth-Century Scientists Like Charles Darwin Concluded That the Complex

question 13

Multiple Choice

Influential nineteenth-century scientists like Charles Darwin concluded that the complex adaptations we see in plants and animals are problematic and require a special explanation because

• A) a divine creator designed them.
• B) it is very unlikely that they arose by random chance alone.
• C) they occur in most plants and animals.
• D) they have no real function.

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