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Basically, it is "survival of the fittest."

As certain traits of species become in-adaptable to certain environmental changes, the organism with those traits will die out. The organism of that species with the stronger genes will live and reproduce, thus creating more of the strong trait and less of the other.

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Q: What s the main idea of Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selection?
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What book did he write about natural selection?

Darwins theory of evolution :)


Darwins theory of evolution by natural selection supports the idea of survival of the?

fittest


Which is not part of darwins theory of natuarl selsction?

Random processes are not part of the theory of evolution by natural selection. Excepting random genetic mutation that provides the variation natural selection works on.


Which is not of Darwin's theory of natural selection?

which is not part of darwins theory of natural selction


Which is not one of darwins four main ideas of natural selection?

Abiogenesis, or more commonly known as the origin of life itself, is not part of Darwin's theory of evolution.


Darwin's theory of evolution by natural?

Evolution by natural selection.


Why is Darwins theory is accepted?

The theory of evolution by natural selection is no longer just Darwin's theory because the theory has been modified and added to somewhat in the last 150 years +. Still, the theory is supported by massive amounts of converging evidence, is internally consistent, has the ability to generated testable hypotheses and, doing what a scientific theory is supposed to do, explains much about the fact of evolution. The theory of evolution by natural selection is the bedrock of biology.


How was darwins theory translated into a theory about economic success?

Badly. The theory of evolution by natural selection has to do with the natural world and the selection of individual organisms. Social Darwinism and like ideologies are biologically mistaken as the posit a form of group selection which has nothing to do with evolutionary theory but everything to do with social ideology trying to find scientific respectability.


What is the significance of the fourth step in Darwins theory of natural selection?

Survival of the fittest


What principles is not part of Darwin's original theory of evolution by natural selection?

Random processes are not part of the theory of evolution by natural selection.


Who gave the theory of evolution?

There is no " theory of evolution " as evolution is a fact. The theory is; the theory of evolution by natural selection and explains much about the fact of evolution. Charles Robert Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace come up with the theory of evolution by natural selection, though natural selection is a phrase coined by Darwin.


What theory does the natural selection belong to?

Darwin's theory of evolution.