Natural Selection: Survival of the Fittest

Most people in the western world used to have a solid idea about our origins: all living organisms were deliberately formed by a single creator. Then, in 1831, a 22-year old student decided to go on an expedition that would change everything. Upon returning home Darwin came up with his theory of natural selection — a process through which living organisms adapt, reproduce, and change. The evolution of peppered moths in the United Kingdom during the industrial revolution is a great example of this process.

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Learn more about natural selection and the different selection types on the Encyclopedia Britannica
https://www.britannica.com/science/natural-selection

Learn how evolution impacts biology and psychology in this famous Stanford University lectures on Human Behavioral Biology by Robert Sapolsky
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NNnIGh9g6fA&list=PL848F2368C90DDC3D

Read On Origin of the Species, Darwin’s original book in form of a PFD.
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Check out the TierZoo YouTube channel which is all about nature, the game of life, and survival
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Read this Nature paper: Evaluating the role of natural selection in the evolution of gene regulation
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