natural selection

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Because rats reproduce so prolifically, the invisible hand of natural selection becomes more noticeable.

From New York Times

Researchers argue this lack of change may represent natural selection on overdrive.

From New York Times

Is it about natural selection or the subtle messages that are passed on over decades about what authority should look and sound like?

From Washington Post

The students suggested these factors: natural selection, morphological mutations, punctuated equilibrium and allopatric speciation.

From Washington Post

This logic is fundamentally flawed because complexity does not license dismissal of the overwhelming evidence for natural selection and, by itself, does not mandate any design, intelligent or otherwise.

From Scientific American