evolutionary biology

noun

: 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
see evolutionary developmental biology
evolutionary biologist noun

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Montell looks to evolutionary biology to help explain our paranoid response to seemingly irrelevant events. Literary Hub, 8 Sep. 2025 This is the, kind of, the standard trope of evolutionary biology, right? Quanta Magazine, 21 Aug. 2025 But emerging research across neuroscience, organizational psychology and even evolutionary biology underscores what should be an obvious truth by now: Humans aren't machines. Jennifer Kamara, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2025 Zeller suggests that evolutionary biology may hold an explanation for chronic headaches. Jerome Groopman, New Yorker, 11 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for evolutionary biology

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First Known Use

1876, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of evolutionary biology was in 1876

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“Evolutionary biology.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/evolutionary%20biology. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.

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