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

Question

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

Natural selection is the way in which nature puts pressure on organisms to act or behave in a certain way.

If you have two kids, and they have different colored eyes, if there is a reason in nature that makes it so people with green eyes are 0.5% more likely to die than people with brown eyes, over a long time and many generations, the people with green eyes will go extinct. This is because each generation, the person with brown eyes has a 0.5% better chance of surviving and having kids.