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Q: The Phrase 'Survival of the fittest' as a way of describing the mechanism of natural selection was coined by _____.
  • A. Marie Curie
  • B. Herbert Spencer
  • C. Charles Babbage
  • D. Louis Pasteur
Correct Answer: Option B - Herbert Spencer (1820-1903) was an english philosopher who initiated a philosophy called 'Social Darwinism'. He coined the term 'survival of the fittest' seven years before Darwin's publication of his theory of natural history, the origin of the species in 1859.
B. Herbert Spencer (1820-1903) was an english philosopher who initiated a philosophy called 'Social Darwinism'. He coined the term 'survival of the fittest' seven years before Darwin's publication of his theory of natural history, the origin of the species in 1859.

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Herbert Spencer (1820-1903) was an english philosopher who initiated a philosophy called 'Social Darwinism'. He coined the term 'survival of the fittest' seven years before Darwin's publication of his theory of natural history, the origin of the species in 1859.