In what ways do adaptations the survival of a species apex

Adaptation can be described as a process that helps the organisms fit their environment and enhancing their evolutionary fitness (reproductive success). Adaptation makes organism become well-suited for an environment and thus, help them to survive and produce more offspring. Also, adaptation may refer to a phenotypic or adaptive trait with a functional role in the success of each organism in their habitat. Adaptations may help them get the food, to avoid predators, to have physical defences, to communicate with others…

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