Which of the Following Best Describes Natural Selection

question 19

Multiple Choice

Which of the following best describes natural selection?

• A) Chance variations in traits
• B) The differential survival and reproduction of ­individuals
• C) The processes that lead individuals to resemble their parents
• D) The potential for all species to increase rapidly in number
• E) The immutability of species

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A practitioner of phrenology, a now-discredited theory that linked the shape of an individual's skull with their personality traits and mental abilities.

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Phrenology

A now-discredited theory that the shape and size of the cranium could determine character and mental abilities.