natural selection
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Conscious feelings have more efficacy than nonconscious processes, meaning that once they emerged, they conferred so great an advantage that natural selection had to favor them.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
That timing supports the conclusion that natural selection associated with diet, rather than the later population collapse, was responsible for the genetic pattern seen today.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 10, 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
To explain this contrast, the authors compare several hypotheses: natural selection, sex-biased demographic processes or partner preference.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 7, 2026
But he felt certain that his theory was right, that new species were created all the time by the process of natural selection.
From "Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith" by Deborah Heiligman
