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survival value

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noun

  1. the utility of a behavioral trait or of a physical feature of an organism in aiding the survival and reproduction of the organism.


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It is possible ASI could teach humans the survival value of being held immediately accountable for our freedoms and actions.

From Washington Post Sep. 9, 2022

The Neandertal DNA in the H. sapiens genome today persists because it conveys survival value of some kind.

From Scientific American Feb. 14, 2019

It’s about adding survival value to the things you already use and love versus loading up on stuff you’ll only use if the world ends.

From The Wall Street Journal May 10, 2018

It also allows you to connect on a very basic emotional level by fostering empathy, and it has survival value, too, Cacioppo notes.

From US News Jan. 20, 2016

The imagination is important, as it allows us to conceive of all kinds of possibilities in the future and to understand the past in a way that has real survival value.

From "History of Art, Volume 1" by H.W. Janson

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