Re: Natural selection and favorable traits how were they measured ?

On Jan 20, 9:07 am, backspace <sawireless2...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_selectiontells us:
"..... Natural selection is the process by which favorable traits that
are heritable become more common in successive generations ....."

Now other than noting that traits which become common are heritable,
how were their favoribility actually measured?

Your question is answered in a FAQ provided by John Wilkins here:

http://talkorigins.org/faqs/evolphil/tautology.html

In short Natural Selection results from relative fitness of those
individuals that can be "expected to survive because of their
adaptations and functional efficiency, when compared to others
in the population" (or more succinctly there "extinction-proneness")

I will add that I think that Greg G.'s comment of
Jan 20 2008 12:53 pm about insurance
company evaluations clarifies things so much that I
hope John will consider adding it to his FAQ.

Cordially;

Friar Broccoli
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