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To: Restorer

"The ideas of natural selection and "survival of the fittest" were originated by Darwin."

Natural selection is Darwin's, but survival of the fittest belongs to Herbert Spencer. It isn't used by biologists, and hasn't been for a long time, because the phrase is too imprecise.


116 posted on 07/23/2006 1:39:36 PM PDT by CarolinaGuitarman (Gas up your tanks!!)
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To: CarolinaGuitarman

That's it! Herbert Spencer! Thank you!


146 posted on 07/23/2006 2:02:52 PM PDT by stands2reason (ANAGRAM for the day: Socialist twaddle == Tact is disallowed)
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