evolutionary

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Evolutionary theory is no longer heretical, Galileo has been issued a hall pass to heaven, and quite a few sincere if entirely inadequate apologies have been issued, mostly to people long dead.

From Salon • Apr. 5, 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

Summers was mentioned by name once, in a citation from the website of the Program for Evolutionary Dynamics, which he established with funding from Epstein.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 20, 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