There are two varieties in a population of squirrels, short tails and long tails long tailed squirrels are better at jumping and balancing in trees scientist observed over the span of 100 years proportion of the population of long tails increases from 10 to 60 which statement is most likely

The long-tailed squirrels are more successful at reproducing and passing on their genes to the next generation, leading to an increase in the proportion of long-tailed squirrels in the population.