alleryWhich of the following is **not** one of Darwin's five postulates of natural selection?
AOverproduction (prodigality of nature)
BStruggle for existence
CInheritance of acquired characters
DNatural selection (survival of fittest)
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: C. Inheritance of acquired characters
Inheritance of acquired characters is Lamarck's idea, not Darwin's.
**Darwin's five postulates:**
(1) overproduction, (2) struggle for existence,
(3) organic variations,
(4) natural selection,
(5) origin of new species via accumulated favourable variations.
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