Miscellaneous Objections to the Theory of Natural Selection

Abstract In this chapter, Darwin addresses a number of major criticisms that had been thrown at his theory of evolution by natural selection and survival of the fittest, particularly those delivered by zoologist St. George Jackson Mivart, who had initially been a strong supporter of the theory. In d...

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Main Author: Pechenik, Jan A.
Format: Book Part
Language:English
Published: Oxford University PressNew York 2023
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baleen whales
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spelling croxfordunivpr:10.1093/oso/9780197575260.003.0008 2024-06-23T07:51:35+00:00 Miscellaneous Objections to the Theory of Natural Selection Pechenik, Jan A. 2023 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780197575260.003.0008 https://academic.oup.com/book/chapter-pdf/57972879/oso-9780197575260-chapter-8.pdf en eng Oxford University PressNew York The Readable Darwin page 189-228 ISBN 0197575269 9780197575260 9780197575291 book-chapter 2023 croxfordunivpr https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780197575260.003.0008 2024-06-04T06:14:40Z Abstract In this chapter, Darwin addresses a number of major criticisms that had been thrown at his theory of evolution by natural selection and survival of the fittest, particularly those delivered by zoologist St. George Jackson Mivart, who had initially been a strong supporter of the theory. In doing so, Darwin discusses in detail about some remarkable examples that he hasn’t mentioned before, including the evolution of baleen whales from toothed ancestors, the evolution of climbing in plants, and the evolution of breasts in mammals. This chapter appeared in The Origin of Species for the first time in the sixth edition, on which this book is based. Book Part baleen whales Oxford University Press 189 C7P118
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