Why Didn't Darwin's Contemporaries Readily Accept His Theory of Natural

question 41

Multiple Choice

Why didn't Darwin's contemporaries readily accept his theory of natural selection?

• A) There was strong evidence for inheritance of acquired traits.
• B) There was a lack of fossil evidence.
• C) Darwin did not provide a plausible theory of heredity.
• D) There was strong evidence for the principle of use and disuse.
• E) Darwin did not provide evidence for artificial selection

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