New research challenges the one-level view of evolution, showing natural selection works on individuals and groups together.

Survival of the fittest. Nature red in tooth and claw. The common view of natural selection is based solely on the individual: A trait allows an organism to out-compete its rivals and is thus passed ...

A study reveals that sticklebacks with complete bony plates have survival rates several percentage points higher than those with reduced plates, indicating ongoing natural selection. Moreover, the ...

Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution by natural selection transformed biology and continues to guide modern science, from ...

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The theory of evolution by natural selection was first formulated in Darwin’s book “On the Origin of Species” in 1859. It describes how organisms change over time as a result of changes in heritable ...

Anyone who engages in serious dialogue with a Large Language Model (LLM) may get the impression they are interacting with an ...

Dolphins developed streamlined bodies and other adaptations when they transitioned from land to water 50 million years ago. Credit: Pexels.com.

“The chin evolved largely by accident and not through direct selection, but as an evolutionary byproduct resulting from direct selection on other parts of the skull,” says Noreen von Cramon-Taubadel, ...

The “selfish gene” reframed evolution by shifting focus away from organisms and toward genes themselves. In this view, survival and behavior are shaped by how effectively genes replicate, not by ...

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Humans' exposure to high temperature burn injuries may have played an important role in our evolutionary development, shaping ...