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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 is actually a big problem in evolutionary biology.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 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

"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

The research team constructed the first evolutionary tree for decapodiformes based on genome sequences from nearly all major lineages.

From Science Daily • Apr. 1, 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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