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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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Human domestication has shaped animals, but the evolutionary river flows both ways.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

Mr. Barash is an evolutionary biologist and professor emeritus of psychology at the University of Washington.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

Those abilities may have helped give bats their remarkable evolutionary success.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 30, 2026

In biology, the “Red Queen hypothesis” is the evolutionary theory that species must constantly adapt to keep up with ever-evolving competitors.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026

In our tenure on this planet we have accumulated dangerous evolutionary baggage, hereditary propensities for aggression and ritual, submission to leaders and hostility to outsiders, which place our survival in some question.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan



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