Natural selection generally produces adaptations that are
A) harmful to both individuals and groups.
B) helpful to individuals but harmful to groups.
C) harmful to individuals but helpful to groups.
D) not successful unless every member of the group survives and reproduces.

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Natural selection tends to favor traits that are beneficial to the survival and reproduction of individuals, even if these traits might not always be beneficial to the group as a whole. This is because natural selection operates on the level of individual organisms, not groups.

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