The first of the two “undeniable facts” is that any localized population of a species has the potential to produce far more offspring than the local environment can support. This fact is important to understanding evolution because it means that __________. -there is competition for survival among the individuals of the population -the population will ultimately overwhelm its environment, causing the environment to collapse – the species that has the greatest numbers will be able to dominate over other species within its environment – the population will tend to grow with time