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Natural selection is referred to as "Survival of the Fittest". What does being the most "fit" mean
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Natural selection is referred to as "Survival of the Fittest". What does being the most "fit" mean

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Survival of the fittest" is a phrase that originated from Darwinian evolutionary theory as a way of describing the mechanism of natural selection. ... In Darwinian terms the phrase is best understood as "Survival of the form that will leave the most copies of itself in successive generations.
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The best to adapt.

or the one with the set of skills vital to the situtation.

If were in the mountains, the one most "fit" will live. That will mean haveing a specfic body type.

If we could only eat nuts, i would die off. I have an allergy. My body is not "fit", so the "stronger" ones will prevail

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