evolutionary
Changing over generations
Evolutionary describes something related to evolution—the gradual development of species through natural selection, or more broadly, any process of gradual change and development.
Evolutionary biology, evolutionary theory.
The word often contrasts with revolutionary: evolutionary change happens incrementally rather than through sudden transformation.
The company took an evolutionary approach to product development.
British naturalist, species theorist
- speciesFinest taxonomic rank
- finchesSmall seed-eating birds
- GalapagosEcuadorian Pacific archipelago
- BeagleHistoric British survey ship
descent · variation · survival · fitness · Malthus · struggle · competition · divergence
Permanent DNA alteration
- geneticsScience of hereditary transmission
- speciationFormation of distinct species
- phylogenyEvolutionary relationships among organisms
- alleleGene variant at one locus
genotype · phenotype · genome · DNA · chromosome · heredity · recombination · homologous
Remaining alive against odds
- fitnessGood physical shape
- traitsDistinguishing personal features
- selectionChosen item or items
- nicheRecessed wall space
environmental · morphology · camouflage · mimicry · convergent · divergent · specialization · plasticity
Developing slowly over time
- incrementalProceeding by small additions
- divergenceSeparation from common origin
- transformationThorough change in form
- radiationEnergy propagation through space
extinction · transitional · emergence · diversification · branching · lineage · descent · modification
Progress toward maturity
- advancementForward movement or promotion
- growthIncrease in size
- improvementPositive change in quality
- refinementElegance of manner
escalation · leap · optimization · enhancement · maturation · trajectory · directionality · complexity
Combining parts into whole
- neo-DarwinismEvolution merged with genetics
- paradigmGoverning framework of thought
- mechanismMeans by which something operates
- hypothesisTestable proposed explanation
model · evidence · predictive · falsifiable · scientific · framework · explanation · Mendel
Darwin
British naturalist, species theorist
Beagle · descent · variation · survival · fitness · Malthus · struggle · competition · divergence · naturalist
mutation
Permanent DNA alteration
- geneticsScience of hereditary transmission
- speciationFormation of distinct species
- phylogenyEvolutionary relationships among organisms
allele · genotype · phenotype · genome · DNA · chromosome · heredity · recombination · homologous · vestigial
survival
Remaining alive against odds
niche · environmental · morphology · camouflage · mimicry · convergent · divergent · specialization · plasticity · resilience
gradual
Developing slowly over time
- incrementalProceeding by small additions
- divergenceSeparation from common origin
- transformationThorough change in form
radiation · extinction · transitional · emergence · diversification · branching · lineage · descent · modification · tempo
development
Progress toward maturity
- advancementForward movement or promotion
- growthIncrease in size
- improvementPositive change in quality
refinement · escalation · leap · optimization · enhancement · maturation · trajectory · directionality · complexity · emergence
synthesis
Combining parts into whole
- neo-DarwinismEvolution merged with genetics
- paradigmGoverning framework of thought
- mechanismMeans by which something operates
hypothesis · model · evidence · predictive · falsifiable · scientific · framework · explanation · Mendel · population
- methodologiesScrum, iterative, incremental, spiral, RAD
- algorithmsalgorithm, algorithms, DFS, binary search, A star
evolutionaryrevolutionary
Seeking fundamental systemic change
sudden · abrupt · cataclysmic · instantaneous · radical
evolutionarycreationist
Origins-by-design proponent
designed · intelligent design · created · antievolution · divine
- evolutionary theoryScience of species change
- evolutionary treeDiagram of ancestral relationships
- evolutionary biologyStudy of species change
- evolutionary historyRecord of ancestral descent
- evolutionary adaptationInherited trait aiding survival
- evolutionary psychologyStudy of adapted minds
revolutionary, evolutionarily, evolutionary biology, evolutionary theory, evolutionary psychology