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Controversy Around Natural Selection

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Controversy Around Natural Selection

At the time, Darwin's ideas were met with significant opposition from the scientific community. Some factors that contributed to the slow acceptance of his ideas were:

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Religion

  • Natural selection challenged the common belief that God created the natural world.
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Inconclusive evidence

  • There were scientists that regarded the evidence presented by Darwin as inconclusive.
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Genes yet to be discovered

  • At the time, genes had not been discovered and Darwin was unable to suggest a method for the passing of characteristics between generations (from parent to child).

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