I see many people are using the term “natural selection” lately, but i never understood it (fyi i am not a native speaker) to me it just seems like people are just trying to act smart by mentioning this term (with no context). Please, explain like im 5

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I see many people are using the term “natural selection” lately, but i never understood it (fyi i am not a native speaker) to me it just seems like people are just trying to act smart by mentioning this term (with no context). Please, explain like im 5

In: Biology

Answer 1

100 deer can all run at slightly different speeds, the slower ones tend to get caught and eaten more often by fast predators meaning that only 50 of the 100 deer survive to breed the next generation and pass on their genes for running faster. Nature is selecting the faster running deer or natural selection.