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Why is Darwin idea about natural selection considered to be a good idea?
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Because there is a large body of evidence to support it.
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Is natural selection a good name for Darwin's theory?
It's apt enough.
Darwin noticed that birds were good At finding scarce food in the winter had a better chance of surviving and producing offspring what did he call this struggle fir existence?
Survival of the fittest / natural selection
Darwin noticed that birds that were good at finding scarce food in the winter had a better chance of surviving and producing offspring What did he call this struggle for existence?
natural selection
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.
Why do you believe Darwin to be correct?
I already had a good grasp of geology and paleontology when I carefully read Charles Darwin's The Evolution of Species. I studied his conclusions, how he arrived at them and what methodologies he used, and was interested in his collaboration with other scientists and with breeders. I have read extensively the reviews and publications by supporters and opponents of Darwin's Theory of Evolution by Natural Selection - including a number of Creationist authors.I have absolutely no doubt that Darwin was right in his understanding of the evolution of species.
Why did Darwin think giraffes are a good example of natural selections?
Actually, it was Lamarck who earlier introduced the giraffe as an example for evolution - Lamarckian evolution, to be sure. Lamarck proposed that there was some mechanism by which the short-necked ancestors of giraffes could acquire a change such that their offspring would have necks better suited to their needs. Darwin applied natural selection to the same example mainly because it had already been discussed in such detail.
How does natural selection enhance or reduce the variability of a species?
Natural selection doesn't reduce variation. Variation is regulated by the rate of mutation.Natural selection reduces the chance of bad variation from being passed on and increases the chances for good variation to be passed on.
How did Darwin's theory of evolution broadly impact social development in 19Th century Europe?
They didn't. What you are speaking of is called social Darwinism and it should have been called social Spencerism because Herbert Spencer mistakenly applied the theory of evolution by natural selection to social theory and thus committed the naturalistic fallacy and Lamarckism at the same time. Just because something is natural does not mean it is good and how this " superior " social class viewed hereditary was straight out of Lamarck. Darwin wanted nothing to do with this mistaken notion.
What allowed mammals to spread and dominate duringr this era?
Natural selection and really good traits.
What was the field of Gregor Mendels study that later supported Darwin's theory of natural selection?
i only know which detracted from Darwin's theory. It was his research in genetics. At Darwin's time, people believed that if someone was to have a burned ear, or his arm fell off, their offspring might have a missing arm or burned ear when born. As we know now, that is completely false, since we still carry the "good gene" (most of the time) and that there are actually things that prevent and fix cell mutations
Darwin's theory of evolution by natural is?
prity much sumed up is that if you have good genes you survive and if you have bad genes you don't.
How is a population different after it has experienced natural selection?
A population is different after natural selection because some of the negative genes have been weeded out. By experiencing natural selection things like obesity, weakness, and disease will be cut from the genetic pool (after many generations of coarse). Take a look at the Nam family to get a good example of this.
