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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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A chunk of bone discovered on a beach by a schoolgirl could be up to half a million years old, according to an evolutionary biologist.

From BBC • Apr. 10, 2026

Scientists also now place the evolutionary split between octopuses and their ten-armed relatives, such as squids, in the Mesozoic era rather than hundreds of millions of years earlier.

From Science Daily • Apr. 7, 2026

"This tells us that by the mid-Cambrian, when evolutionary rates were remarkably high, the oceans were already inhabited by arthropods with anatomical complexity rivaling modern forms," Ortega-Hernández added.

From Science Daily • Apr. 3, 2026

These species represented a range of evolutionary branches, body sizes, and skeletal features.

From Science Daily • Mar. 30, 2026

What evolutionary benefit does a microbe derive from making us sick in bizarre ways, like giving us genital sores or diarrhea?

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



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