Why our understanding of 'Survival of the Fittest' is wrong

Few phrases in science are as influential as Charles Darwin’s evolutionary theory of 'survival of the fittest'.

The idea is commonly understood to mean that those who are physically dominant have a higher chance of survival. But the evolutionary success of Homo Sapiens suggests that we might have completely misunderstood Darwin’s idea.

Video by Izabela Cardoso and Fernando Teixeira

Senior Producer: Camelia Sadeghzadeh

 

23 February 2022