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I have disconnected "selection" from "evolution" - they are distinct, even if related
These organisms have to be able to survive long enough to reproduce, and produce viable offspring capable of the same, in order to ensure the continuing survival of their genetic traits. They do not have to be perfectly adapted to their environment; they only have to be able to survive in it.
These organisms have to be able to survive long enough to reproduce, and produce viable offspring capable of the same, in order to ensure the continuing survival of their genetic traits. They do not have to be perfectly adapted to their environment; they only have to be able to survive in it.
Furthermore, an organism may be well adapted to one environment but not be able to survive in another, therefore there is no such thing as a perfect organism.
Furthermore, an organism may be well adapted to one environment but not be able to survive in another.
Natural selection is not mutation. It does not make anything new, alter anything, etc... Natural selection can cause extinction based on survival of the fittest, but the processes of creation and mutation lie outside the scope of natural selection. Natural selection simply "selects" from what is available at that specific moment.
Natural selection is not [[mutation]]. It does not make anything new, alter anything, etc. Natural selection can cause extinction based on survival of the fittest, but the processes of creation and mutation lie outside the scope of natural selection.
==See also==
* [[Theory of evolution through natural selection]]
== References ==
== References ==