Why did scientists eventually choose to support darwin's ideas about natural selection as a mechanism behind evolution rather than continue to support lamarck's ideas about how evolution occurred? natural selection appeared to happen somewhat more often than inheritance of acquired characteristics. natural selection became popular because it was more controversial than lamarck's ideas. natural selection was a new idea and gave them something different to investigate. natural selection provided a better explanation for what they observed in the natural world?

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Ali Crawford

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10 September, 22:12

Why did scientists eventually choose to support darwin's ideas about natural selection as a mechanism behind evolution rather than continue to support lamarck's ideas about how evolution occurred? natural selection appeared to happen somewhat more often than inheritance of acquired characteristics. natural selection became popular because it was more controversial than lamarck's ideas. natural selection was a new idea and gave them something different to investigate. natural selection provided a better explanation for what they observed in the natural world?

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Alden Lang · Answer 1

The correct answer is D. The theory of natural selection provided a better explanation of the processes that were being observed by the scientists. They observed that the related species birds found on one island were slightly different from that of the other, and certain portions earth, have the species, which were not found anywhere else.