The peacock posed an enigma to Darwin. How could its extravagant tail feathers have come about? How do they aid in the "survival of the fittest" (a phrase coined by the philosopher Herbert Spencer)?

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Few phrases in science are as influential as Charles Darwin’s evolutionary theory of 'survival of the fittest'. The idea is commonly understood to mean that those who are physically dominant ...

Evidence for the origins of complex language can be found in creative two-word insults such as busy-body and kill-joy ...

A battle for the survival of the quiz show fittest as Edinburgh take on Darwin College, Cambridge for a place in the quarter-finals of ...

However, Darwin's theory of survival of the fittest holds water in an atheistic world that ascribes to human beings the zoological status. In the deistic domains, man is placed at the highest ...

Darwin's ideas have influenced biology ever ... on Darwin's thinking on how species evolved. His ideas on 'survival of the fittest' and selection during evolution are the guiding principles ...

In Darwin and Wallace’s time ... Change can also occur by genetic drift or gene flow. What does ‘survival of the fittest’ mean? In terms of evolution, an animal that is ‘fit’ is one that’s adapted to ...

With each new edition, Darwin strengthened his arguments. By responding to critics, he was able to build a more robust case. For the 5th edition he introduced the phrase 'survival of the fittest ...

As Charles Darwin suggested ... your tribe can feel like an ongoing competition. For some, this survival of the fittest manifests in the pressure to keep up with social freedom, attending ...

Survival of the fittest has become shorthand for Darwinism, but Charles Darwin didn’t actually coin the phrase. Herbert Spencer did, in his 1864 book The Principles of Biology, presenting it as ...

‘Survival of the fittest’ is Darwin 101. But did you know that Charles Darwin didn’t actually coin that phrase? Let’s explore some common myths and misconceptions about evolution. The ...