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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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This idea helps resolve a long-standing paradox in evolutionary science.

From Science Daily • Apr. 15, 2026

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

A new study finds that about one-third of long-standing "linguistic universals" are backed by strong statistical evidence when tested using modern evolutionary methods.

From Science Daily • Apr. 5, 2026

Rather it is to track the evolutionary process by which success has been built upon success; that way we can come to understand that science works, and how it works.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton



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