Why didn't Darwin's contemporaries readily accept his theory of natural selection?
A) There was strong evidence for inheritance of acquired traits.
B) There was a lack of fossil evidence.
C) Darwin did not provide a plausible theory of heredity.
D) There was strong evidence for the principle of use and disuse.
E) Darwin did not provide evidence for artificial selection

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Darwin's theory of natural selection was not readily accepted because he did not provide a plausible mechanism for heredity, which was crucial for understanding how traits were passed on and how natural selection could operate over generations. Mendel's work on genetics, which provided this mechanism, was not widely known until later.

Why Didn't Darwin's Contemporaries Readily Accept His Theory of Natural