evolutions
Slow transformations over time
Evolutions is the plural of evolution, referring to multiple instances of gradual development or change.
In biology, different evolutions describe separate lineages adapting over time: the parallel evolutions of flight in birds and bats.
More broadly, it captures distinct transformations: the evolutions of jazz, rock, and hip-hop followed different paths.
In military or dance contexts, evolutions are precise movements or maneuvers performed in sequence.
Differential reproductive success
- mutationPermanent DNA alteration
- speciationFormation of distinct species
- adaptationFitting to new conditions
- genetic driftRandom allele frequency change
gene flow · survival of the fittest · fitness · phenotype · genotype · variation · inheritance · reproductive success
British naturalist, species theorist
- DarwinismNatural selection theory
- phylogenyEvolutionary relationships among organisms
- cladisticsClassification by common descent
- fossil recordRemains documenting prehistoric life
paleontology · biogeography · comparative anatomy · embryology · vestigial structures · molecular biology · genomics · taxonomy
Range of life forms
- speciationFormation of distinct species
- variabilityTendency to change
- gene poolSpecies' total genetic diversity
- allelesVariant forms of genes
endemic species · radiation · biomes · ecological niches · genetic variation · hybridization
Sequential forward movement
- transformationThorough change in form
- developmentProgress toward maturity
- advancementForward movement or promotion
- maturationProcess of becoming complete
unfolding · transition · metamorphosis · change · flux · passage · succession · incrementation
Increase in scope
- proliferationRapid increase in quantity
- escalationProgressive increase in intensity
- amplificationIncrease in intensity
- spreadTo distribute widely
extension · advancement · flourishing · acceleration · intensification · scaling · momentum · surge
natural selection
Differential reproductive success
- mutationPermanent DNA alteration
- speciationFormation of distinct species
- adaptationFitting to new conditions
genetic drift · gene flow · survival of the fittest · fitness · phenotype · genotype · variation · inheritance · reproductive success · selection pressure
Darwin
British naturalist, species theorist
- DarwinismNatural selection theory
- phylogenyEvolutionary relationships among organisms
- cladisticsClassification by common descent
fossil record · paleontology · biogeography · comparative anatomy · embryology · vestigial structures · molecular biology · genomics · taxonomy · phylogenetics
biodiversity
Range of life forms
- speciationFormation of distinct species
- variabilityTendency to change
- gene poolSpecies' total genetic diversity
alleles · endemic species · radiation · biomes · ecological niches · genetic variation · hybridization
progression
Sequential forward movement
- transformationThorough change in form
- developmentProgress toward maturity
- advancementForward movement or promotion
maturation · unfolding · transition · metamorphosis · change · flux · passage · succession · incrementation · stages
expansion
Increase in scope
- proliferationRapid increase in quantity
- escalationProgressive increase in intensity
- amplificationIncrease in intensity
spread · extension · advancement · flourishing · acceleration · intensification · scaling · momentum · surge
evolutionsrevolutions
Turnovers of power
upheavals · cataclysms · convulsions · mutations · ruptures
evolutionsdeteriorations
Processes of worsening
devolutions · regressions · declines · degenerations · degradations
evolutionsstagnations
Prolonged lack of progress
stases · fixities · standstills · permanences · constancies
- Darwinian evolutionSpecies change through selection
- theory of evolutionBiological change over generations
- human evolutionOur species' biological origin
- evolutionary theoryScience of species change
- evolutionary treeDiagram of ancestral relationships
- biological evolutionInherited trait change across generations
revolution, evolution, revolutionary, devolution, evolutionary, coevolution