Understanding Natural Selection
Natural Selection is a vital mechanism of evolution, proposed by Charles Darwin. It describes the process where organisms better adapted to their environment tend to survive and produce more offspring. This driving force allows life to evolve in diverse and wondrous ways.
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Key Components
- Variation: Individuals in a species vary in their traits.
- Inheritance: Some traits are passed down from parents to offspring.
- Selection: Organisms with advantageous traits survive and reproduce.
- Time: Over generations, beneficial traits accumulate.
Explore more about how species have adapted through natural selection by visiting our Adaptations page!