Who coined the phrase "survival of the fittest"?
A. Auguste Comte
B. Charles Darwin
C. Emile Durkheim
D. Herbert Spencer
Answer: Option D
Solution(By Examveda Team)
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.This Question Belongs to History >> World History
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