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Isn't it all because fittest is relative/contextual then ?

• DoreenMichele 4y ago
  Yes, but I think the phrase conjures up images of Arnold Schwarzenegger hitting the gym for many people, not "You lame, defective losers with bad genes who can barely breath were less tasty to these germs and, thus, didn't die. You, yes you, win the genetic lottery!!!! Congrats!"
• flobosg 4y ago
  Exactly! > Of course, fitness is a relative thing. A genotype’s fitness depends on the environment in which the organism lives. The fittest genotype during an ice age, for example, is probably not the fittest genotype once the ice age is over. ―https://evolution.berkeley.edu/evolution-101/mechanisms-the-processes-of-evolution/evolutionary-fitness/ https://evolution.berkeley.edu/evolution-101/mechanisms-the-...