Gaps in Darwin's Initial Theory

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Kushnick, Geoff

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Springer International Publishing Switzerland

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This chapter focuses on shortcomings of Darwin's 1859 book, On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection. These include a lack of a tenable mechanism of inheritance, inability to explain seemingly 'maladaptive traits', and the lack of transitional forms.

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Encyclopedia of Evolutionary Psychological Science

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2099-12-31