Question

Veronica wrote Charles Darwin’s main points on the board, but she made a mistake in one point.

1. Since more offspring are produced than an environment can support, organisms within a population must compete for resources to survive.

2. Due to variations within the population, some competitors will be better equipped for survival than others.

3. The best-equipped organisms will survive and will produce well-equipped offspring.

4. Variations that help with survival will be passed on to future generations and will rapidly change the whole population.

Which point is flawed as written above?

Answer 1

Point number 1 is the point that is flawed. Darwin never mentioned that more offspring would be produced than can survive just that the better adapted ones will survive.