evolutionary biology
nounDefinition of evolutionary biology
: a discipline of biology concerned with the processes and patterns of biological evolution especially in relation to the diversity of organisms and how they change over time
Speciation still remains one of the biggest mysteries in evolutionary biology.— Bob Holmes
â see evolutionary developmental biology
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Erin Hecht, an assistant professor of evolutionary biology at Harvard and lead author of the new study, tells Ed Cara of Gizmodo. — Brigit Katz, Smithsonian, "Dog Breeding Has Changed Poochesâ Brains," 4 Sep. 2019 This sensitivity likely has roots in evolutionary biology; warning calls for many species also sit in this range, and failure to hear them could mean death. — Tina Tallon, The New Yorker, "A Century of âShrillâ: How Bias in Technology Has Hurt Womenâs Voices," 3 Sep. 2019 Steven Allison, a professor of ecology and evolutionary biology, said in a statement. — Daily Pilot, "Around Town: Civil War Days re-enactment returns to Huntington Beach," 29 Aug. 2019 Title: Post-doctoral fellow, UC Berkeley Education: Undergraduate degree in biology, Amherst College; PhD in organismic and evolutionary biology, Harvard University Age: 30 Born in: New Delhi Current home: Berkeley Five things about Ambika Kamath 1. — Ethan Baron, The Mercury News, "Lizards gone wild! UC Berkeley researcherâs âfeminist scienceâ bucks male-dominated inquiry," 22 Aug. 2019 According to traditional evolutionary biology, neurons evolved just once, hundreds of millions of years ago, likely after sea sponges branched off the evolutionary tree. — Quanta Magazine, "Did Neurons Evolve Twice?," 25 Mar. 2015 In economics and evolutionary biology, where the idea of signalling grew up, a valid signal needs to be costlyâotherwise it can be easily faked. — The Economist, "Big business is beginning to accept broader social responsibilities," 22 Aug. 2019 Its popularity stems from a mix of evolutionary biology, a reappraisal of high-meets-low culture, a reprieve from political anxiety, and the engagement economy. — Diana Budds, Curbed, "Cute furniture is a reprieve from our age of anxiety," 7 Aug. 2019 Harrison Duran, a fifth-year biology student with an emphasis in ecology and evolutionary biology at the University of California, Merced, unearthed the skull while on a paleontology dig in the North Dakota's Badlands. — Sophie Lewis, CBS News, "College student finds 65 million-year-old Triceratops skull in North Dakota," 25 July 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'evolutionary biology.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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