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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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“I think he’s dangerously tactless in a radioactive topic” and “should exercise more caution,” Steven Pinker, author and Harvard University evolutionary psychologist, says of Cofnas’s rhetoric on genetics’ role in intelligence.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 21, 2026

Because so little of it survives, every newly discovered specimen can greatly increase what researchers know about ancient ecosystems, feeding behavior and evolutionary change.

From Science Daily Aug. 21, 2026

Dr. Towle argues that moving Australopithecus and Paranthropus species into Homo could create a more consistent picture of human evolutionary history.

From Science Daily Aug. 20, 2026

This period marked a major evolutionary shift from predominantly soft-bodied organisms toward the Cambrian explosion, when animals with greater mobility, shells, and skeletons became increasingly prominent.

From Science Daily Aug. 17, 2026

Similar ones apply to other historical subjects whose place among the natural sciences is nevertheless secure, including astronomy, climatology, ecology, evolutionary biology, geology, and paleontology.

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



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