ABSTRACT
In his remarkable book “On the Origin of Species” (Darwin 1859), Charles Darwin emphasized his observations on the variation of natural forms and attributed this to an underlying force “Natural selection”. By this consideration, he challenged views followed at that time, that argued that inherited adaptations and coadaptations of species could not be attributed to external environmental conditions, neither could the merit of coevolution between different forms be adduced to forces of creation, claims that he qualifi ed as “preposterous”. Ever since his fi rst observations, Charles Darwin realized the need for uncovering the mechanism and means of modifi cation and coadaptation. His observations and beliefs on the existence of such a force were made explicit by showing that variation within species in nature, both for plants and animals, was orders of magnitude lower than in domesticated species. In his explanation of this striking difference, Charles Darwin compared the hand of man to that of natural selection in selecting this variability, but as man selects for new characters, others manifested as byproducts of selection known as “Evolutionary monstrosities”.
