Because many people found it contary to The Bible's - and the Church's - teachings that man had been created by God. Also many people thought the concept repugnant and or impossible that man had 'descended from the apes'.
Well, scientists, for starters. And most higher educated people. And a good portion of the general populace as well. People who don't accept natural selection generally reject it because they don't know or understand what it is, or because they don't want to know what it is for religious reasons.
natural selection
Adaptation is the result of natural selection.
by natural selection.
Yes, natural selection is always occurring.
Well, scientists, for starters. And most higher educated people. And a good portion of the general populace as well. People who don't accept natural selection generally reject it because they don't know or understand what it is, or because they don't want to know what it is for religious reasons.
It is an example of Natural Selection, Modern Theories of Evolution.
Its NaTuRaL sElEcTiOn if you didn't know.
natural selection
Adaptation does not allow for natural selection: natural selection causes adaptation.
Genetic variation in itself does not 'support' natural selection: it is what natural selection acts upon.
Natural selection is what causes adaptation.
No, natural selection is the mechanism that drivesevolution.
Adaptation is the result of natural selection.
Natural selection.
Natural Selection
That selection was natural.