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Poorly - what was described (and what really happens) is the death of the less fit (as well as the unlucky). "Survival of the fittest" is a political slogan.
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No. Because ' survival of the fittest ' is a highly inaccurate concept that is not considered empirically supportable. Fit individuals die; populations evolve by expressing the traits passed on by fit individuals. That fitness is environmentally in context dependent and a phrase like ' survival of the fittest ', while catchy, does not address the true issue of heredity.
The term that is often incorrectly used to describe evolution by natural selection is "survival of the fittest."
Mutation is the cause of evolution. Mutation is what creates differences in individuals within a species, leading to diversion. Then "survival of the fittest" can occur.
Poorly - what was described (and what really happens) is the death of the less fit (as well as the unlucky). "Survival of the fittest" is a political slogan.
Poorly - what was described (and what really happens) is the death of the less fit (as well as the unlucky). "Survival of the fittest" is a political slogan.
In evolution, natural selection is often called survival of the fittest.
Survival of the fittest
It is called "evolution".
Charles Darwin and his theory of evolution
Survival of the fittest
Fitness in evolution means reproductive success. The fittest individuals are those which contribute the largest number of offspring to the next generation.
Social Darwinism
The survival of the fittest.
Yes, but that takes nothing away from the correctness of the concept "survival of the fittest".
If you mean the theory of evolution and the survival of the fittest: That would be Charles Darwin.