evolutionary

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Koparde says that the evolutionary biology of dragonflies and damselflies in the Western Ghats is particularly interesting because of the manner in which the region was formed.

From BBC • May 2, 2026

Pankaj Koparde, an evolutionary ecologist who led the study, says that this could be because some of these species are extremely rare or active only in certain seasons, and were missed by the researchers.

From BBC • May 2, 2026

The team then combined these observations with data from a previously published crab phylogeny that mapped the evolutionary relationships of Brachyura using 10 genes from 344 species across most major lineages.

From Science Daily • May 2, 2026

The evolutionary view of the past against which Mr. Wyman writes has a distinguished pedigree.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026

In our tenure on this planet we have accumulated dangerous evolutionary baggage, hereditary propensities for aggression and ritual, submission to leaders and hostility to outsiders, which place our survival in some question.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan