Darwinian
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- adjective
- /dɑrˈwɪniən/
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darwiniano
- You have argued that you think that Darwinian principles will still play.
- Darwinian evolution
- Darwinian theory
- Darwinian natural selection
You have argued that you think that Darwinian principles will still play.
- You have argued that you think that Darwinian principles will still play.
- So that's called the Darwinian niche partitioning hypothesis.
- And either we adapt or we, according to the Darwinian principles, we become extinct.
- And they've adapted, presumably by Darwinian means, to survive in perpetual total darkness.
- Belonging to the same thing provided fundamental security and the God gene in the Darwinian sense is built into all of us.
- It's initially selected with this very simple Darwinian view of the world of random mutation, ruthless selection, and then selection for making more of yourself.
- Everything is is in the process of like in a Darwinian evolutionary sense.
- So self-sustaining chemical system, Darwinian evolution, What is self-sustaining?
Examples
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And you get to Darwinian evolution, and you find out we're not special on this Earth, we're just one among other lifeforms.
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And I just wanted to, you know, have you recall the essence of Darwinian selection?
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There is a sort of Darwinian process, right?
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That is, if they exist through Darwinian natural selection, to what extent can we ever get rid of them?
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But starting off with a Darwinian view of how evolution works.
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But we do know that once life got going on Earth, Darwinian evolution took hold very quickly.
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Your honour, the court has ruled out any evidence as to scientific knowledge or the Darwinian theory.
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And either we adapt or we, according to the Darwinian principles, we become extinct.
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His latest book is River Out of Eden: A Darwinian View of Life (Basic Books, 1995).
Academic text (1995) -
Many organisms adapt through Darwinian evolution, ensuring their survival in changing environments.
Synonyms
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Relating to the idea that species change over time by natural selection
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Relating to modern evolution theory that explains change by genes and groups of animals or plants
Connected with Charles Darwin's idea that living things change over time by natural selection
Supporting the idea that natural selection explains most traits
About the idea that a trait or behavior developed to help survival and reproduction
How Selectionist
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Darwinian comes from the name Darwin, after Charles Darwin, who explained 'natural selection', the idea that nature 'selects' traits that help animals and plants survive. So when something is described as Darwinian, it relates to Darwin's idea of evolution and selection.