survival value

American  

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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Example Sentences

"In the short timespan, sometimes this kind of behavior, if it's directly related to food or some survival value, it may very well fade away fairly quickly. We'll see whether that happens or not."

From Salon

They do not have survival value.

From Salon

"This is a kind of cultural revolution. In the short timespan, sometimes this kind of behavior, if it's directly related to food or some survival value, it may very well fade away fairly quickly," Barrett-Lennard said, "We'll see whether that happens or not."

From Salon

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

From Washington Post

"Considering attribution of consciousness and the problem of other minds from an evolutionary perspective, the capacity for detecting and attributing agency has self-evident survival value, for instance in the detection of predators," the study reads.

From Salon