evolution
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- noun
- /ˌɛvəˈluːʃən/
- Specialized
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evolución
- Over millions of years, the evolution of species has led to the incredible diversity of life we see today.
- theory of evolution
- biological evolution
- genetic evolution
And so now you have a mechanism for evolution, for natural selection.
- And so now you have a mechanism for evolution, for natural selection.
- And that has driven life and evolution up until the present day.
- Men, on the other hand, through evolution have been the protectors, right?
- But Alfred Wallace later renounced his belief on evolution when it comes to the mind.
- All of us right here, we are the products of millions of years of evolution, OK?
- It's been applied to biology, evolutionary biology, the evolution of species, their conflicts.
- is part of the evolution of the human being.
Examples
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Now, what about the evolution of life beyond our solar system?
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This is evolution of the human species.
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So under selection pressure, evolution can happen pretty fast.
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Well, you know, one answer is evolution, right?
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Where do you think we are at right now in the evolution of free speech?
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We are the product of human evolution over many years.
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Human evolution is the concern.
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The evolution of the human genome.
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The importance of teaching biological evolution provides excellent examples for this discussion.
Academic text (2011) -
He saw it as the next phase in the evolution of man as a technological animal.
Synonyms
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A slow process of change and development by small steps over time
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The history of how a group of living things changes over a long time
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Living things change slowly over many years to form new species
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A gradual change that makes something more advanced or complex
A slow change where one kind of living thing becomes another over a long time
Slow change of a living thing into a different kind over a long time
The way a group of living things changes over a long time to form new species
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
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The idea that living things change over time by natural selection
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Slow change from earlier animals to modern humans over millions of years
- Formal
A theory that new qualities appear during the history of life and cannot be predicted from what came before
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A scientific idea that living things slowly change and share common ancestors
How Evolved
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Evolution comes from the Latin evolvere, 'to unroll', giving the image of life slowly unfolding over time. So in biology, evolution means living things slowly change and develop into new forms across many generations.