Arctic hares have many predators:owls, wolves, polar bears, foxes, and weasels. Only the fastest and most alert hares survive. The survival and reproduction of the fastest and most alert hares is an example of which of the following? (4.4)

HISTORICAL CONTEXT FOR EVOLUTIONARY THEORY

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Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]

A	A harmful mutation
B	Imminent extinction
C	natural selection
D	A beneficial mutation

Explanation:

Detailed explanation-1: -For example, Darwin observed that a population of giant tortoises found in the Galapagos Archipelago have longer necks than those that lived on other islands with dry lowlands. These tortoises were “selected” because they could reach more leaves and access more food than those with short necks.

Detailed explanation-2: -Natural selection is a mechanism of evolution. Organisms that are more adapted to their environment are more likely to survive and pass on the genes that aided their success. This process causes species to change and diverge over time.

Detailed explanation-3: -One of the easiest examples (survival of the fittest examples) is the wooly mammoths. Once the fittest (both physically and reproductively) among all the other biological beings on the Earth, the wooly mammoths vanished from the face of the planet Earth some 1000 years after their evolution.

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