A. A person with seven children who is killed in an automobile accident at age 40
B. A person who lives to the age of 105 and has two children
C. A person who lives to the age of 110 and has no children
D. A very popular film star who is still alive, is very rich, and has three children from three spouses
E. A person who is a wrestling champion, lives to age 50, and has two children
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Haha, I see what this did here. Notice the similarity between B-D. Where E is so different. Let's reason this out. The answer I see is E, since natural selection involves passing off genes that allow an individual to fight off predators and what not enough to reproduce.
A and E are similar, so let's save em for the end.
B and C are too similar, even with extra 5 years, it really has no favorable genetic advantage.
D does not involve genetics at all.
A is good, with that many kids, plus he was killed by accident. However the fact that he could not defend himself means his kids are screwed as well. By natural selection his kids will suffer the same fate because their dad possessed such retarded genes he couldn't jump over a car. The wrestler could probably fight it off.
E
None.
Or you need to change the definition of "fittest".
Natural selection as classically understood does not work in the modern human world anymore. Medicine is saving people who should not survive. These people then pass on their genes. This is anti-evolution.
Certain life-styles, e.g. gays or career people, cause people, "fit" people, NOT to pass on their genes.
Contraceptives- same thing.
What about someone who rapes women and because of that he has 20 children. Pretty fit, no? Of course not. Because rape is not natural. It's a human (almost unique in the world) attributes. He might have terrible genes. So absolute number of children cannot be a measurement.
There is no natural selection going on anymore in the Human world.
Definitely A. Despite when or how they died, person A produced the most offspring. Producing the most offspring means you were more fit in life and won the battle to reproduce.
it will be A because off springs are past to next generation and that's what natural selection is all about.
I would have to agree with the golfer dude above.
I'd have to go with "A" there, Margie