Re: SURVIVAL OF FITTEST

Kris Tyrrell (Kst%pluto.decnet@hc3.dhmc.dartmouth.edu)
1 Sep 1995 03:31:28 GMT

stgprao@sugarland.unocal.COM (Richard Ottolini) wrote:
>This is a circular term.
>It is not always possible to foresee what trait enhances
>survival, so fitness is whatever survives.

The correct term is survival of the fit. This means everyone/everything
that is afforded the oportunity to reproduce, Has survived and is,
therefore, fit.

K.Tyrrell