Who has termed 'survival of fittest' (A) Charles Darwin (B) Herbert Spencer (C) Jean Baptiste (D) Hago de Vries Please answer this question with appropriate explanation It's correct option is (B)?

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I think answer is A,Darwin says STRUGGLE for EXISTENCE and SURVIVAL of the FITTEST

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Option B is a correct answer                                                             Herbert Spencer was an English philosopher who initiated a philosophy called'social Darwinism '                    He coined the term 'survival of the fittest ' from Darwin's  theory, The origin of the species

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Herbert Spencer coined the phrase “survival of fittest” to explain the tendency of human society to change by itself as strongest and fittest survive while weak abolish by themselves. Darwin applied the phrase “survival of fittest” to refer to the unequal ability of individuals to survive and reproduce based on suitability of their inherited characters to prevailing environmental conditions. Lamarck viewed the inheritance of acquired characters as the basis of evolution. Hugo de Vries visualized discontinuous variations, i.e. mutations, as the basis of evolution. Thus, the correct answer is B.

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Herbert Spencer on the survival of the fittest. Herbert Spencer (1820-1903) was an English philosopher who initiated a philosophy called 'social Darwanisim' he coined the term 'survival of the fittest' seven years before Darwin's publication of theory of natural history, the origin of the species in 1859.

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A

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A is the chief correct answer

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