Which of these is a statement that Darwin would have rejected?
A) Environmental change plays a role in evolution.
B) The smallest entity that can evolve is an individual organism.
C) Individuals can acquire new characteristics as they respond to new environments or situations.
D) Inherited variation in a population is a necessary precondition for natural selection to operate.
E) Natural populations tend to produce more offspring than the environment can support.
Answer: B) The smallest entity that can evolve is an individual organism.
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