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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'.

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Q: Why did the people reject natural selection?
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Did Darwin discover natural selection?

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.


People with one sickle cell allele are not likely to get a malaria what is this an example of?

It is an example of Natural Selection, Modern Theories of Evolution.


What is the name for the process in which the organisms best adapted to their environment survive?

Its NaTuRaL sElEcTiOn if you didn't know.


What process in which organisims with traits well suited to an environment are more likely to survive and to produce offspring is?

natural selection


Adaptation which allows for natural selection is called?

Adaptation does not allow for natural selection: natural selection causes adaptation.


How does genetic variation support Natural Selection?

Genetic variation in itself does not 'support' natural selection: it is what natural selection acts upon.


Is natural selection a form of adaptation?

Natural selection is what causes adaptation.


Is natural selection an example of macroevolution?

No, natural selection is the mechanism that drivesevolution.


Is adaptation part of natural selection?

Adaptation is the result of natural selection.


What principles includes variation and competition?

Natural selection.


The mechanism by which organisms evolve is known as?

Natural Selection


What was Darwin's overall conclusion regarding natural selection?

That selection was natural.