What is the purpose of natural selection?

What is the purpose of natural selection?
  1. To increase the size of the population
  2. To improve the characteristics of the population
  3. To decrease the size of the population
  4. None of the above

Solution

Natural selection is the mechanism of evolution, which improves the characteristics of the population by selecting the individuals who are better fit in an environment to survive and reproduce.

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