While Various Religious Leaders Challenged Almost All of Charles Darwin's

Multiple Choice

While various religious leaders challenged almost all of Charles Darwin's major conclusions, how did the British scientific community react to his work?

A) All early experimental evolutionists agreed with Darwin's theory of evolution and the mechanism for evolutionary change by natural selection.
B) They almost universally accepted natural selection but rejected his theory of evolution.
C) The majority rejected his theory of evolution.
D) They almost universally accepted Darwin's theory of common ancestry but rejected his theory of natural selection.