natural selection

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Because rats reproduce so prolifically, the invisible hand of natural selection becomes more noticeable.

From New York Times

“Mimicry is one of the best examples of natural selection in action.”

From Science Magazine

But when a mutation offers some advantage, the process of natural selection will favor it.

From Washington Post

Because viruses replicate by the billions daily, they reveal the processes of random genetic variation and natural selection with all the immediacy of a time-lapse film.

From Washington Post

Essentialism likewise appears to lure designers of emotion AI systems to follow Darwin down this comfortable path, with its assumption that emotions evolved via natural selection to serve important functions.

From Scientific American