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Does the phrase “Survival of the fittest” refer to an individual (single organism) or a species (group of same organisms)? Why?

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Answer: In 1869 of On the Origin of Species by British naturalist Charles Darwin, which suggested that organisms best adjusted to their environment are the most successful in surviving and reproducing

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