Influential nineteenth-century scientists like Charles Darwin concluded that the complex adaptations we see in plants and animals are problematic and require a special explanation because
A) a divine creator designed them.
B) it is very unlikely that they arose by random chance alone.
C) they occur in most plants and animals.
D) they have no real function.

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Charles Darwin and other nineteenth-century scientists believed that the complex adaptations seen in plants and animals were unlikely to have arisen by random chance alone, and therefore required a special explanation. This observation ultimately led Darwin to propose natural selection as the mechanism for evolution.

Influential Nineteenth-Century Scientists Like Charles Darwin Concluded That the Complex