evolutionary
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“I think he’s dangerously tactless in a radioactive topic” and “should exercise more caution,” Steven Pinker, author and Harvard University evolutionary psychologist, says of Cofnas’s rhetoric on genetics’ role in intelligence.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
In recent decades, scientists have increasingly sought to classify organisms according to genuine evolutionary groups, or clades, that contain a common ancestor and all of its descendants.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 20, 2026
"Recent fossil discoveries and advances in evolutionary and genetic analysis make this an ideal time to reconsider whether our traditional taxonomy still accurately reflects human evolution," Dr. Towle said.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 20, 2026
This period marked a major evolutionary shift from predominantly soft-bodied organisms toward the Cambrian explosion, when animals with greater mobility, shells, and skeletons became increasingly prominent.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 17, 2026
In throwing it back, they set in motion an evolutionary process: If you are a crab and your carapace is ordinary, the humans will eat you.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
Vocabulary lists containing evolutionary
Evolutionary BIology - Evidence of Common Ancestry and Diversity - Middle School
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