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Explain the statement “Population,not individuals,evolve

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What the statement is trying to tell you is that the individuals don't evolve but the population itself does. When the population is evolving, the ratio of different genetic types is changing. Populations evolve, the individuals are selected that is why the individuals dont evolve.

That is what the statement "Population, not individuals, evolve"

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