evolutionary theory
Evolutionary theory is a scientific explanation that describes how life on Earth has diversified and changed over long periods of time through the process of natural selection, genetic variation, and adaptation.
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Related Concepts (24)
- adaptation
- baldwin effect
- biogeography
- coevolution
- common descent
- convergent evolution
- evolutionary medicine
- evolutionary psychology
- extinction
- fitness
- fossil record
- genetic drift
- genetic variation
- homology
- lamarck's law
- macroevolution
- microevolution
- mutation
- natural selection
- phylogenetics
- population genetics
- sexual selection
- speciation
- use and disuse
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