natural selection
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To understand what might have prevented dinosaurs from becoming smaller, the researchers turned to mathematical models designed to predict how natural selection influences body size.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 9, 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
While evolution lacks “intention,” the author observes, natural selection is “relentlessly, exquisitely” effective at enabling life to adapt to a range of environmental conditions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
He argues that, as natural selection has shaped our brains and influenced our actions, the way we guide and govern behavior should be approached with our evolutionary roots in mind.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
It is done by simply passing the bits around from mind to mind, until something like natural selection makes the final selection, all on grounds of fitness.
From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas
