Darwin presented natural selection as a scientifically testable mechanism while accepting that other mechanisms such as inheritance of acquired characters were possible. His strategy established that evolution through natural laws was worthy of scientific study, and by 1875, most scientists accepted that evolution occurred but few thought natural selection was significant.
What was the likely reason that Darwin's ideas were accepted more readily than Lamarck's?
natural selection as a scientifically testable mechanism while accepting that other mechanisms such as inheritance of acquired characters were possible.