...has no use for the category of end or purpose. But, while natural selection becomes in the hands 1 " I have called this principle, by which each slight variation, if useful, is preserved, by the term of Natural Selection" (The Origin of Species, c. iii.). J Naturalism and Agnosticism, i. 275 ; cf....

...bodily frame the indelible stamp of his lowly origin. The Ik-scent of Man 1 1871 1, closing words 18 1 have called this principle, by which each slight variation, if useful, is preserved, by the term of Natural Selection. On the Origin of Species ( 1859) ch. î 19 We will now discuss in a little more...

...external nature, will tend to the preservation of that individual, and will generally be inherited by its offspring. The offspring, also, will thus have a better...periodically born, but a small number can survive. In addition to observing accurately the result of DNA's incessant refinement of genetic knowledge,...

...external nature, will tend to the preservation of that individual, and will generally be inherited by its offspring. The offspring, also, will thus have a better...surviving, for, of the many individuals of any species who are periodically born, but a small number can survive. 1 have called this principle, by which each...

...a vanishingly small amount of energy. — Edward O.Wilson In The Diversity of Life, 1992 Evolution I have called this principle, by which each slight...useful, is preserved, by the term Natural Selection. — Charles Robert Darwin In The Origin of Species, 1859 Early ethologists often assumed that natural...

...generally be inherited by its offspring. The offspring, also, will have a better chance of surviving ... I have called this principle, by which each slight...variation, if useful, is preserved, by the term Natural Selection,12 According to Darwin, evolution happened very slowly: 'As natural selection acts solely...

...Instead, they explained adaptedness by a concept which does not require conscious design. Darwin wrote: 'I have called this principle, by which each slight variation, if useful, is preserved, by the term of Natural Selection.' Darwinism therefore seemed to replace the theists' 'first cause' with an amoral,...

...have called this principle, by which each slight variation, if useful, is preserved, by the term of Natural Selection, in order to mark its relation to man's power of selection. We have seen that man by selection can certainly produce great results, and can adapt organic beings...

...of life, will tend to the preservation of such individuals, and will generally be inherited by the offspring. The offspring, also, will thus have a better...Selection, in order to mark its relation to man's power of selection."13 Darwin acknowledged that his natural selection "is the doctrine of Malthus applied with...

...external nature, will tend to the preservation of that individual, and will generally be inherited by its offspring. The offspring, also, will thus have a better...slight variation, if useful, is preserved, by the term of Natural Selection .... What Does It Mean? Differences in the offspring of an organism are called...