EVOLUTION
MODERN THEORY OF EVOLUTION
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Detailed explanation-1: -Evolution is not the same as adaptation or natural selection. Natural selection is a mechanism, or cause, of evolution. Adaptations are physical or behavioral traits that make an organism better suited to its environment. Heritable variation comes from random mutations.
Detailed explanation-2: -Natural selection is the process through which populations of living organisms adapt and change. Individuals in a population are naturally variable, meaning that they are all different in some ways. This variation means that some individuals have traits better suited to the environment than others.
Detailed explanation-3: -MISCONCEPTION: Natural selection involves organisms trying to adapt. CORRECTION: Natural selection leads to the adaptation of species over time, but the process does not involve effort, trying, or wanting.
Detailed explanation-4: -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.