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Natural SelectionIt is important to have a fundamental understanding of the mechanism of natural selection to comprehend the origin of whales. The phenomenon of natural selection can alter a species in a small way leading to a change in the colour/size of a population over generations. ...

Natural Selection

It is important to have a fundamental understanding of the mechanism of natural selection to comprehend the origin of whales. The phenomenon of natural selection can alter a species in a small way leading to a change in the colour/size of a population over generations. This is referred to as microevolution.

In addition to this, the process of natural selection can accumulate changes and create an altogether new species referred to as macroevolution. This can transform amphibious mammals to whales, dinosaurs to birds and ancestors of apes into humans.

Darwin also went to describe a natural selection form based on the success of an entity to attract a mate, a process referred to as sexual selection. Antlers of male deer, the plumage of peacocks are good examples of the characteristics, which were evolved in this type of selection.

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