Comment on Ancient DNA reveals pervasive directional selection across West Eurasia [pdf]parentComments−bcjdjsndon4moIt's more reproducing than survivingWell that's a given mate, nobody's talking about populations that dont reproduce are they? And even then you're still making the same tautological mistake.... If they survived they must have been fit−Tagbert4moThat tautological is not a mistake. Surviving to reproduce is the definition of fitness from an evolutionary standpoint.
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Well that's a given mate, nobody's talking about populations that dont reproduce are they? And even then you're still making the same tautological mistake.... If they survived they must have been fit
That tautological is not a mistake. Surviving to reproduce is the definition of fitness from an evolutionary standpoint.