evolutionary
US /ˌiːvəˈluːʃəneri/
・UK /ˌi:vəˈlu:ʃənri/
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adj.AdjectiveConcerning gradual change over time
This animal went through many evolutionary changes and looks different from what it used to look like
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An Antidote to Dissatisfaction
- It became an evolutionary advantage to play well with others and build lasting relationships.
It became an evolutionary advantage to play well with others and build lasting relationships.
- It became an evolutionary advantage to play well with others,
It became an evolutionary advantage to play well with others,
The Invisible Barrier Keeping Two Worlds Apart
- they'd been evolving separately for eons, their two worlds only colliding fairly recently in evolutionary terms.
they'd been evolving separately for eons, their two worlds only colliding fairly recently in evolutionary terms.
- So even though the species of each side are neighbors now, they've been evolving separately for eons, their two worlds only colliding fairly recently in evolutionary terms.
So even though the species of each side are neighbors now, they've been evolving separately for eons, their two worlds only colliding fairly recently in evolutionary terms.
5 Things To Say To Your Crush To Make Them Like You
- A 2015 research article published in Evolutionary Psychology found that humor points to having a sociable and agreeable personality.
A 2015 research article published in Evolutionary Psychology found that humor points to having a sociable and agreeable personality.
- an evolutionary psychology found that humor points
an evolutionary psychology found that humor points
Evolution Can't Explain Your Grandma
- Human males can retain their fertility for their whole lives, which would suggest that whatever evolutionary pressures led to grandmothering, didn't apply to grandfathering.
Human males can retain their fertility for their whole lives, which would suggest that whatever evolutionary pressures led to grandmothering, didn't apply to grandfathering.
- After all, the evolutionary pressures acting on humans now are way different than they would have been when menopause and grandmothering first developed.
After all, the evolutionary pressures acting on humans now are way different than they would have been when menopause and grandmothering first developed.
Should You Wipe Off Your Sweat?
- Which actually isn't that surprising: sweating is our evolutionary means of cooling off, so perhaps it's not surprising that letting your body do its thing turns out to be a good idea, but it's amazing how effective it really is.
Which actually isn't that surprising: sweating is our evolutionary means of cooling off, so perhaps it's not surprising that letting your body do its thing turns out to be a good idea, but it's amazing how effective it really is.
- sweating is our evolutionary means of cooling off, so perhaps it's not surprising that letting your
sweating is our evolutionary means of cooling off, so perhaps it's not surprising that letting your
BBC 6 Minute English July 30, 2015 - What are gibbons singing about? (Subtitle not corrected yet)
- it just gives us some clues [as] to the evolutionary roots of complex communication like language.
it just gives us some clues [as] to the evolutionary roots of complex communication like language.
- it just gives us some clues [as] to the evolutionary roots of complex communication like language.
it just gives us some clues [as] to the evolutionary roots of complex communication like language.
What to do if your inner voice is cruel | Ethan Kross
- In terms of whether there's an evolutionary purpose to the inner voice,
In terms of whether there's an evolutionary purpose to the inner voice,
Can your genes make you violent? | BBC Ideas
- Violence, though deeply rooted in our evolutionary history, has to be one of the most destructive of human behaviors.
Violence, though deeply rooted in our evolutionary history, has to be one of the most destructive of human behaviors.
- Violence, though deeply rooted in our evolutionary history, has to be one of the most destructive of human behaviors.
Violence, though deeply rooted in our evolutionary history, has to be one of the most destructive of human behaviors.
Will we let AI decide for us?
- In contrast, cosmos is the kind of bottom-up order, the evolutionary, adaptive, emergent order.
In contrast, cosmos is the kind of bottom-up order, the evolutionary, adaptive, emergent order.
- The evolutionary, adaptive, emergent order.
The evolutionary, adaptive, emergent order.
How to Defend Yourself in English
- It's called the Darwin Award because people are happy to give it because you're no longer in the evolutionary pool, so you're no longer in humanity, so you will not reproduce.
It's called the Darwin Award because people are happy to give it because you're no longer in the evolutionary pool, so you're no longer in humanity, so you will not reproduce.
- It's called the Darwin Award because people are happy to give it because you're no longer in the evolutionary pool, so you're not...
It's called the Darwin Award because people are happy to give it because you're no longer in the evolutionary pool, so you're not...