Question

Suppose that a new baby girl was born with no teeth. Unfortunately, because she had great difficulty eating, she died of starvation before she could have any children. Thus, the trait of having no teeth was not preserved for future generations. This process is called___________.

Answer 1

Answer:

Natural selection

Explanation:

The principle of natural selection was survival for the' fittest'.The survival of an organism depends the variation or development of traits that will enable it  and reproduction. It is a key mechanism of evolution, the change in the heritable traits characteristic of a population over generation          

The new born girl had an undesirable trait (no teeth) that lead to difficulties in eating. She could not survive without food hence died due to starvation thus ,the trait was eliminated since she did not reproduce.