Adaptationism Has Been Criticized for Several Reasons (Faults)

question 35

Multiple Choice

Adaptationism has been criticized for several reasons (faults) .Among these are:

• A)factors other than adaptation cause evolutionary change
• B)a trait must be adaptive in the present environment because it was adaptive in past environments
• C)a trait may have evolved for a specific purpose in the past but may function in totally different ways in the present
• D)factors other than adaptation cause evolutionary change and a trait may have evolved for a specific purpose in the past but may function in totally different ways in the present

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