Template:Did you know nominations/Natural selection
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The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 21:45, 27 December 2016 (UTC)
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Natural selection
[edit]- ... that Darwin introduced the theory of evolution by natural selection but was not the first to use the term "survival of the fittest"? Source: "But the expression often used by Mr. Herbert Spencer of the Survival of the Fittest is more accurate, and is sometimes equally convenient." (Darwin)
Improved to Good Article status by Chiswick Chap (talk). Nominated by Cwmhiraeth (talk) at 10:39, 30 November 2016 (UTC).