Which of the following is not a principle of natural selection?Group of answer choicesEvolution will occur as an organism gets older and learns moreIn every population, adaptations allow some organisms to survive and reproduce better than others.Organisms compete for limited resourcesMost species produce more offspring than will actually survive
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Which of the following is not a principle of natural selection?Group of answer choicesEvolution will occur as an organism gets older and learns moreIn every population, adaptations allow some organisms to survive and reproduce better than others.Organisms compete for limited resourcesMost species produce more offspring than will actually survive
Solution
The statement that is not a principle of natural selection is "Evolution will occur as an organism gets older and learns more". This is not a principle of natural selection because natural selection is about the survival and reproduction of the fittest individuals in a population, not about individual learning or aging. Evolution is a population-level process that occurs over generations, not within the lifespan of a single organism.
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