Even darwin's theory - now also attributed to alfred russell wallace - has gaps that could only be filled with the advance of genetics since the 1930s. these advances have allowed the emergence of what we now know as neo-darwinism or synthetic theory of evolution. about the gaps filled by this new knowledge
a) how did the synthetic theory of evolution explain the variability and heredity observed in natural populations?
b) how do genes behave in natural populations according to the hardy-weinberg theorem?
c) can gradualism and punctuated equilibrium be used to explain the evolution of the human species? explain.