Question

Only variations that confer advantages to an individual organism will survive in a population . Do you agree with this statement ? Why or why not ?

Answer 1

No this is not necessarily true, there are numerous variations that have no function but yet persist in a For example, male nipples, free earlobes et

Answer 2

Yes, according to the the law of natural selection. But still there are many exceptions which show that changes not advantageous to organisms survive.

Explanation:

According to the law of natural selection only changes which help organism to survive retains however rest disappear, but still some changes whether they are of no use , might retains in an organism as vestigial changes.

for example:- presence of maple nipple, tail bone in humans etc