Theory Of Evolution By Natural Selection

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In the environment, individuals have the capability to produce more offspring than the environment can successfully sustain. Consequently, numerous organisms will not survive long enough to reproduce offspring. Therefore, species will adapt in various ways over time to enhance their ability to survive. The theory of evolution by natural selection was created by Charles Darwin and Alfred Russell Wallace (Schussler 2014). Natural selection portrays a species ability to adapt over time from generation to generation to survive and be the most advantageous reproducer and predator (Freeman 2014). Sexual selection is a division of natural selection that defines the ability of an organism to acquire a mate and reproduce, based on the preference by