Which of the following is not a part of the modern theory of evolution?

A) Diversity exists within a species, and "experiments" that tend to promote diversity sometimes occur during reproduction.

B) A "successful experiment" during reproduction is one that increases the ability of an individual to have children who survive to have children.

C) Children are more similar to their parents than to other individuals from their parents' generation.

D) Evolution proceeds in the direction desired by members of a generation.

E) If a reproductive "experiment" is successful, it will be passed to more and more children in successive generations until all members of a population have it.

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Giovanna

Physics

10 March, 02:46

Which of the following is not a part of the modern theory of evolution?

A) Diversity exists within a species, and "experiments" that tend to promote diversity sometimes occur during reproduction.

B) A "successful experiment" during reproduction is one that increases the ability of an individual to have children who survive to have children.

C) Children are more similar to their parents than to other individuals from their parents' generation.

D) Evolution proceeds in the direction desired by members of a generation.

E) If a reproductive "experiment" is successful, it will be passed to more and more children in successive generations until all members of a population have it.

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Nicholas Ramirez · Answer 1

D

Explanation:

D) Evolution proceeds in the direction desired by members of a generation is not the modern theory of evolution.

Evolution can not proceed in the direction as desire by the members of the generation as No matter how hard you and your friends wish that your children will be born with the ability to fly unassisted, the kids will have to use airlines like the rest of us. All the rest of these contribute to evolution