natural selection

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It isn’t quite natural selection, but it isn’t far off.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 6, 2026

In this view, harmful mutations are usually removed by natural selection, while truly beneficial mutations are so rare that most lasting molecular changes are expected to be neutral.

From Science Daily • May 29, 2026

That was assumed to be the result of a natural selection.

From Barron's • Feb. 26, 2026

The theoretical approach, which studies human behavior, cognition and emotions as products of natural selection, depicts relationship formation as sales-like, highly gendered and strategy-based.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 12, 2026

Charles’s American friend Asa Gray was one of those people who wanted to see God’s hand in the design of flowers, but he also thought that Charles’s argument for natural selection was right.

From "Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith" by Deborah Heiligman