Natural selection does not mean perfection. The term “survival of the fittest” is a misleading and inaccurate definition of natural selection. “Survival of the fittest” implies that an individual is the strongest or fastest or most talented. An individual does not have to be the best in order to be “fit.” Natural selection is not survival of the fittest. Natural selection is survival of the “fit enough”: fit enough to survive, find a mate, and leave offspring.
