Biology: The Dynamic Science (MindTap Course List)

4th Edition

ISBN: 9781305389892

Author: Peter J. Russell, Paul E. Hertz, Beverly McMillan

Publisher: Cengage Learning

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Which of the following ideas is not included in Darwin’s theory?

a. All organisms that have ever existed arose through evolutionary modifications of ancestral species.

b. The great variety of species alive today resulted from the diversification of ancestral species.

c. Natural selection drives some evolutionary change.

d. Natural selection preserves advantageous traits.

e. Natural selection eliminates adaptive traits.

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