evolutionary trend
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trend — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ strong ▪ consistent, steady ▪ accelerating, growing, increasing ▪ underlying … Collocations dictionary
evolutionary — adj. Evolutionary is used with these nouns: ↑adaptation, ↑biologist, ↑biology, ↑change, ↑development, ↑ecology, ↑genetics, ↑history, ↑ladder, ↑origin, ↑past, ↑ … Collocations dictionary
History of evolutionary thought — This article is about the history of evolutionary thought in biology. For the history of evolutionary thought in the social sciences, see Sociocultural evolution. For the history of religious discussions, see History of the creation evolution… … Wikipedia
Dawkins vs. Gould — First edition cover … Wikipedia
primate — primatal, adj., n. primatial /pruy may sheuhl/, primatical /pruy mat i keuhl/, adj. /pruy mayt/ or, esp. for 1, /pruy mit/, n. 1. Eccles. an archbishop or bishop ranking first among the bishops of a province or country. 2. any of various… … Universalium
Life Sciences — ▪ 2009 Introduction Zoology In 2008 several zoological studies provided new insights into how species life history traits (such as the timing of reproduction or the length of life of adult individuals) are derived in part as responses to… … Universalium
Primate — This article is about the type of animal. For other uses, see Primate (disambiguation). Primates[1] Temporal range: Late Paleocene–recent … Wikipedia
Cephalization — is considered an evolutionary trend,[1] whereby nervous tissue, over many generations, becomes concentrated toward one end of an organism. This process eventually produces a head region with sensory organs.[2] Cephalization is intrinsically… … Wikipedia
Cope's rule — states that population lineages tend to increase in body size over evolutionary time.[1] While the rule has been demonstrated in many instances, it does not hold true at all taxonomic levels, or in all clades. Larger body size is associated with… … Wikipedia
gastropod — /gas treuh pod /, n. 1. any mollusk of the class Gastropoda, comprising the snails, whelks, slugs, etc. adj. 2. Also, gastropodous /ga strop euh deuhs/. belonging or pertaining to the gastropods. [1820 30; < NL Gast(e)ropoda a class of mollusks.… … Universalium
