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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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More recently, however, researchers have begun recognizing that these mobile genetic elements can also create opportunities for evolutionary change.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 28, 2026

The scientists expect that continued exploration of these forests will uncover additional species, potentially revealing more unexpected forms and evolutionary histories.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 26, 2026

To investigate these evolutionary changes, the researchers examined hundreds of fossil and modern specimens housed at the Yale Peabody Museum and dozens of other institutions worldwide.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 25, 2026

"Caleb's work accomplishes all of this and more, and on a massive evolutionary scale."

From Science Daily ● Oct. 25, 2026

Might they somehow have an inkling of the long evolutionary progression from genes to brains to libraries that has occurred on the obscure planet Earth?

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan


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