Natural selection is the process by which some organisms in a population survive and reproduce, while others do not, based on their bodies and behaviour. It is one of the processes by which ...

But there is another, more compelling reason for why life history evolution is important: adaptation by natural selection is based on variation in Darwinian fitness among individuals, and since ...

Today, with access to heretofore unprecedented data sets for the study of human genetic variation, researchers can exploit the genetic signatures of natural selection using novel analytical methods.

Through natural selection, different types of eyes have emerged in evolutionary history -- and the human eye isn't even the best one, from some standpoints. Because blood vessels run across the ...

In this brief portrait, students will discover how his upbringing, curiosity, and passion for natural history ... Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.

While Indigenous and enslaved peoples’ contributions to natural history have often been overlooked by history ... his name alone associated with the theory of evolution by natural selection. Wallace ...

Through this artificial selection, he gathered valuable evidence for his theory ... In 1839, Richard Owen – the founder of the Natural History Museum – analysed a small bone fragment, comparing it ...

Natural Selection Tour is a premier snowboarding event founded by Travis Rice, during which the world's top all-mountain freestyle riders compete on natural and naturally enhanced terrain for the ...

I remember thinking that this is natural selection in action, here before my eyes, and in Darwin’s islands!" A reminder: January 5 marks the deadline for our third annual photo contest.

It all comes down to natural selection, or the process by which species pass on the characteristics that enable them to survive. Natural selection is a mechanism of evolution—not evolution itself.