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Evolution (disambiguation)
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In biology, evolution is change in traits of a population of organisms over time (due to a number of mechanisms and processes). In other contexts, the term evolution can mean any gradual directional change.
Evolution may also refer to:
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- Evolute, the locus of all of a curve's centers of curvature.
- Evolutionism, a widely held 19th century belief that organisms are intrinsically bound to improve themselves, and that changes are progressive and arise through inheritance of acquired characters.
- Chemical evolution, may refer to nucleosynthesis, abiogenesis, or chemical postevolution.
- Differential evolution, a method of mathematical optimization of multidimensional functions.
- Galaxy formation and evolution, the study of the processes that formed a heterogeneous universe from a homogeneous beginning, the formation of the first galaxies, the way galaxies change over time, and the processes that have generated the variety of structures observed in nearby galaxies.
- Higher evolution, term used in Theosophy and in Buddhism to indicate the development of higher consciousness
- Human evolution, the part of biological evolution concerning the emergence of Homo sapiens sapiens as a distinct species
- Language evolution (compare evolutionary linguistics)
- Organic evolution, change in the inherited traits of a population of organisms from one generation to the next
- Oxygen evolution, the process of generating molecular oxygen through chemical reaction
- Sociocultural evolution, term for theories describing how cultures and societies have developed over time
- Software evolution
- Spiritual evolution, the philosophical, theological, esoteric or spiritual idea that nature and human beings and/or human culture evolve along a predetermined cosmological pattern or ascent, or in accordance with certain pre-determined potentials
- Stellar evolution, the development of stars
- Technological evolution
- Theistic evolution, the general opinion that classical religious teachings about God and creation are compatible with some or all of the modern scientific understanding about biological evolution
- Time evolution, change of state brought about by the passage of time
- Universal evolution - views on cosmological development
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