Gaps in Darwin's Initial Theory

Geoff Kushnick

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-16999-6_1385-1

Gaps in Darwin's Initial Theory

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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.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Encyclopedia of Evolutionary Psychological Science
Editors	Todd K Shackelford & Viviana A Weekes-Shackelford
Place of Publication	Switzerland
Publisher	Springer International Publishing AG
Pages	online
Volume	1
Edition	1st
ISBN (Print)	9783319169996
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-16999-6_1385-1
Publication status	Published - 2020

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