natural selection

noun as in evolutionary theory

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His form and background made him a natural selection.

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It’s natural selection on a whole new level.

The trees are evolving greater resistance to the disease than their predecessors - an example of Charles Darwin's natural selection theory in action.

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This is an adaptation — in evolutionary biology, a trait that arose due to natural selection.

Many of these wing colour pattern variants are textbook examples of natural selection and evolution.

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