Selection, the Principle of Evolution
Selection is the third of the five principles of natural selection, abbreviated as VISTA. Selection acts to bring things together, as recently observed in the water flea (pictured left).
Selection is the core function of natural selection.
Niles Eldredge (pictured right below), a paleontologist at the American Museum of Natural History, formulated the acronym to explain Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution. While selection is Darwin’s most core principle, it is also the most controversial of the five.
