Charles Darwin Believed That Artificial Selection Was

Question

Charles Darwin believed that artificial selection was
A) similar in many ways to natural selection.
B) a process completely identical to natural selection.
C) a common phenomenon in nature.
D) impossible.
E) unimportant.

Accepted Answer

Darwin believed that artificial selection, where humans select for desirable traits in organisms, was similar to natural selection, where environmental pressures lead to the selection of advantageous traits. Both processes involve differential reproduction based on certain traits.