evolutionary
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- adjective
- /ˌɛvəˈluːʃənˌɛri/
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evolutivo
- The pattern of similarities between DNA sequences contains information about their evolutionary history.
- evolutionary history
- evolutionary theory
- evolutionary process
In many ways, humans are kind of evolutionary freaks.
- In many ways, humans are kind of evolutionary freaks.
- So again, there is a evolutionary reason for that.
- So you wrote a book textbook, I should say evolutionary psychology, right?
- We're not talking about the, in some ways, evolutionary flaw in our brains.
- And almost all breakthroughs are evolutionary, not revolutionary.
- OK, So what is the evolutionary basis for why?
- Actually, John, I'm going to save the questions on evolutionary perspective for others.
- So understanding that from an evolutionary perspective is super helpful.
- The fact is now that we're creating our own evolutionary next step.
- I see, so it you can do intelligent design instead of evolutionary gradual descent?
- The next set of lectures deals with cancer as an evolutionary process.
- So that that's an evolutionary necessity.
- So like I, you know, there's, there's an evolutionary benefit to helping out the weak.
Examples
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And this, alas, goes back to deep evolutionary reasons for our species.
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The research focuses on the evolutionary adaptations of various species over millions of years.
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OK, So what is the evolutionary basis for why?
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What is the evolutionary story of human social groups then?
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So understanding that from an evolutionary perspective is super helpful.
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You just had the basics of evolutionary differences.
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It would be to our evolutionary advantage to continue to study it further.
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I think it's just a a maladapted evolutionary heritage coming through.
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Changing an educational environment in a constructive manner is an evolutionary process, not a revolutionary one.
Academic text (1999) -
And almost all breakthroughs are evolutionary, not revolutionary.
Synonyms
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About how kinds of animals and plants change and are related over time
Relating to slow change over many generations in living things
Continuing to change or develop slowly over time
Relating to how a group of animals or plants changes and splits into new forms over time
Compounds
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The study of how living things change and how new species form over a long time
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A general direction of change in a species or group over many generations
How Time-Based
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word evolutionary comes from the Latin evolvere, which means 'to unfold', and the everyday word evolve comes from the same root. So an evolutionary change is like something slowly 'unfolding' over time, with small steps that add up.