What Was the Most Revolutionary Aspect of Darwin's Theory as Published

question 40

Multiple Choice

What was the most revolutionary aspect of Darwin's theory as published in his 1859 The Origin of Species?

• A) the notion of natural selection as the mechanism for evolution
• B) the notion of the inheritance of acquired characteristics
• C) the notion of sexual selection as the mechanism for evolution
• D) the general notion of the evolution of species

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