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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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"To have a chance of understanding the long-term impact of human activity on Earth, we have to study the relationship between events in Earth's history and evolutionary transitions."

From Science Daily Jul. 30, 2026

The genetic evidence indicates that the evolutionary story of Scalesia is not finished.

From Science Daily Jul. 30, 2026

To reconstruct the evolutionary history of passerines, the University of Michigan team, including senior author Brian Weeks, studied more than 2,000 species and assembled over 170,000 individual skeletal measurements.

From Science Daily Jul. 30, 2026

Up to this point, the market hasn’t given regionals nearly as much credit for their evolutionary efforts.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 27, 2026

From an evolutionary perspective, 70,000 years is a relatively short interval.

From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari



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