There are two varieties in a population of squirrels, short tails and long tails long tailed squirrels are putting on jumping and bouncing trees scientist observe that over the span of 100 years of proportion of the population with long tails increases from 10% to 60%, which statement is most likely

Answer 1

Most likely, the increase in the proportion of the population with long tails is due to the long-tailed squirrels having a better chance of survival and reproduction compared to the short-tailed squirrels. This could be because the long-tailed squirrels are more agile and better at escaping predators by jumping and bouncing between trees. Over time, natural selection would favor the long-tailed squirrels, leading to an increase in their proportion in the population.