survival of the fittest

Japanese: survival of the fittest(英語表記)survivalofthefittest
survival of the fittest

…It was later discovered that some sexual dimorphism could be explained as the result of natural selection in the strict sense, and the concept of sexual selection was once considered unnecessary, but today its necessity is once again recognized. In his book, Darwin used the words "struggle for existence" and "survival of the fittest" almost interchangeably with "natural selection." This was unfortunate, and gave rise to various misunderstandings. …

*Some of the terminology that refers to "survival of the fittest" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…雌雄二形の一部は,狭義の自然淘汰の結果として説明できることがその後明らかになって,一時は雌雄淘汰という概念は不必要だとされたこともあったが,今日では再びその必要性が認められている。 ダーウィンはその著書の中で,生存闘争(生存競争)struggle for existence,最適者生存survival of the fittestという言葉を自然淘汰とほとんど同じ意味で使った。これは不幸なことで,さまざまな誤解を生じた。…

※「survival of the fittest」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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