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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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Beyond the evolutionary findings, the researchers developed several experimental and computational methods that could expand what scientists can learn from valuable human fossils.

From Science Daily Sep. 10, 2026

“We know this because cats’ closest evolutionary relatives, African wild cats, meow.”

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 9, 2026

Asked, for instance, if he meows to his cats, Jonathan B. Losos, an evolutionary biologist and author of the book, “The Cat’s Meow: How Cats Evolved From the Savanna to Your Sofa,” wouldn’t deny it.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 9, 2026

Senior author Beth Shapiro, professor of ecology and evolutionary biology at UC Santa Cruz and co-director of the Paleogenomics Lab, said low genetic diversity alone was not enough to wipe out the species.

From Science Daily Sep. 8, 2026

These survivors then reproduce to make more of their kind, thereby driving evolutionary change within a species.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee



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