phylogeny

as innatural selection

as insocial Darwinism
as insurvival of the fittest

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noun evolutionary theory

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social Darwinism

noun. social theories derived from evolution

Word Origin & History

"genesis and evolution of a phylum," 1869, from German Phylogenie, coined 1866 by German biologist Ernst Heinrich Haeckel (1834-1919) from Greek phylon "race" (see phylo-) + -geneia "origin," from -genes "born" (see genus). Related: Phylogenic.

Example Sentences for phylogeny

In the previous chapter we have considered the phylogeny of love in general.

This is the first phylogeny or genealogical tree ever published.

This phylogeny, the author thinks, is the most probable of all.

What then undergoes change in phylogeny, the means or the entelechy?

But this, remember, was the utmost we were able to say for phylogeny.

But it is quite another thing with phylogeny on the larger scale.

Phylogeny and geology are, in the nature of the case, historical sciences.

"Ontogeny" signifies the genesis of the individual, "Phylogeny" that of the race.

It may be convenient to shew in a definite way the bearing of the above speculations on the phylogeny of the Chordata.

A satisfactory elucidation of the phylogeny of Arthropodan eyes has not yet been given.

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social Darwinism

survival of the fittest

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natural selection