natural selection
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Among our hunter-gatherer ancestors, natural selection probably favored those most attuned to animals and disfavored those who were unaware.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
Gribble thinks part of the explanation may be that natural selection becomes weaker later in an organism's life.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 19, 2026
Evolution by natural selection is such a familiar concept that it can be easy to forget it describes the present as well as the past.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
As he puts it, natural selection blindly explores a vast “design space”—the trillions of trait combinations a species might have—turning up workable solutions that human designers have learned to borrow.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
He was hinting here, in print, about the transmutation of species, about how new species were created, by adapting to their surroundings, by the means of natural selection.
From "Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith" by Deborah Heiligman
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