Choose the correct answer from the four alternatives given in the brackets:
Theory of natural selection was proposed by
(Charles Darwin, Hugo de Vries, Gregor Johann Mendel, Jean Baptiste Lamarck)

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Theory of Natural Selection was proposed by Charles Darwin. Darwin insisted that in a population, there always exists a number of variations based on different combinations of traits, carrying capacity of the environment is not unlimited. Hence, nature selects the best-suited organisms that have a greater chance to become parents for the next generation.

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