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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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Now, scientists have a new clue as to why: Research links right-hand bias with evolutionary brain development and upright walking.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

Their work combines ideas from evolutionary biology with findings from modern biomedical research to explain how early damage in the body may later contribute to diseases such as cancer, arthritis, and infections.

From Science Daily • May 22, 2026

“The environment in which they lived has been evolving since their absence,” says evolutionary biologist Vincent J. Lynch of the University at Buffalo.

From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2026

The researchers concluded that separate dinosaur lineages likely reached the same outcome through different evolutionary and developmental pathways.

From Science Daily • May 20, 2026

As a rule, viruses, microbes, and parasites do not kill the majority of their victims—the pest that wipes out its host species has a bleak evolutionary future.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann



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