The term often leads into confusion, however, since international compact cars are somewhat larger than their North American equivalents, mostly because no supermini/subcompact size is manufactured by American, Mexican and Canadian car makers up to date.
By the late 1860's, Darwin came to describe this process as the survival of the fittest. This is very different from Lamarck's incorrect idea that the environment altered the shape of individuals and that these acquired changes were then inherited.
Evolution myths: âSurvival of the fittestâ justifies âeveryone for themselvesâ. The âfittestâ can be the most loving and selfless, not the most aggressive and violent. In any case, what happens in nature does not justify people behaving in the same way. The phrase â survival of the fittest â, which was coined not by Darwin but by the philosopher Herbert Spencer, is widely misunderstood.