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evolutionary

[ev-uh-loo-shuh-ner-ee, ee-vuh-] / ˌɛv əˈlu ʃəˌnɛr i, ˌi və- /
ADJECTIVE
pertaining to evolution or development
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The bulk of that—some $6.5 million—was a 2003 pledge, during Summers’s presidency, to establish the school’s Program for Evolutionary Dynamics under Prof. Martin Nowak.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 26, 2026

The velvety tree ant forms a millions-strong “social insect carpet that spans the mountains,” said Joseph Parker, a biology professor and director of the Center for Evolutionary Science at Caltech.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 10, 2026

Evolutionary biology explains this contrast through a basic principle: energy is limited, and species must divide it between reproduction and maintaining their bodies.

From Science Daily • Jan. 16, 2026

"Evolutionary biologists point to sweat as one of the things that makes our species unique," says Ms Everts.

From BBC • Oct. 16, 2025

Evolutionary biologists have recently been developing ever more sophisticated methods for drawing conclusions from comparisons of different plants and animals of known evolutionary histories.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond



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