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Question
Answer the following question.
How did Charles Darwin express 'fitness'?
Solution
Charles Darwin expressed 'fitness' as characteristics which enable some organisms to survive better in natural conditions (climate, food, physical factors, etc.) which would outbreed others that are less-endowed to survive under such natural conditions. Another word used is the fitness of the individual or population.
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