Question
Drawbacks and Objections to Darwinism.
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Answer
- Darwin took into consideration minute fluctuating variation as principal factors. But these are neither heritable nor are part of evolution.
- Darwin did not distinguish somatic and germinal variation and considered all variations are heritable.
‘Arrival of the fittest’ was not explained by him. - Darwin was unable to explain the cause, origin and inheritance of variations and of vestigial organs.
- He also could not explain extinction of species.
- Gradual accumulation of useful variations forms the new species, but their intermediate forms were not recognised.
- Darwin could not explain existence of neutral flowers and the sterility of hybrids.
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