Tuesday, March 3, 2009

Pirates 5-1!!!

Darwin's best argument for natural selection is his theory that genes are passed down from generation to generation and the stronger traits remain while the weaker traits get weeded out overtime. Darwin specifically says "We cannot suppose that all the breeds were suddenly produced as perfect and as useful as we now see them; indeed, in several cases, we know that his has not been their history. The key is man's power of accumulative selection: nature gives successive variations; man adds them up in certain directions useful to him." Darwin feels that human beings did not all of a sudden appear and have the necessary traits to survive. It was a timely process that occurred where those who had better traits and chances of survival were able to pass those genes down to their children. As the weaker people with weaker traits died off and increased population of people with the stronger traits were still left standing. Darwin also specifies this claim of survival of the fittest when he states "In its infinitely complex relation to other organic and to 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 chance of surviving" Darwin's best argument for natural selection is his claim for the survival of the fittest where only the strongest are able to breed and survive.

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