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evolution

[ev-uh-loo-shuhn, ee-vuh-] / ˌɛv əˈlu ʃən, ˌi və- /


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But our new findings, published in the American Journal of Biological Anthropology, challenge this long-held idea about human evolution.

From Science Daily • Jun. 8, 2026

With paintings, sculpture and more, the Art Institute of Chicago offers a wide-ranging, often spectacular look at the evolution of Korean aesthetics.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026

Running alongside the tactical evolution was a parallel story that took even longer to resolve: the question of who Messi was for Argentina.

From BBC • Jun. 7, 2026

But this one, her sixth, dances us through her evolution and many revolutions, serving up everything from jazz to funk to Chicago house on the dance track “Right Here Right Now.”

From Salon • Jun. 5, 2026

Darwin had reasoned that evolution works via natural selection—but for natural selection to work, there had to be something natural to select.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee




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