OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 10687

evolution

/ˌiːvəˈluːʃ(ə)n/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
evolución
Process of development.
[Some books have] made the erroneous assumption that the important thing in evolution is the good of the species (or the group) rather than the good of the individual (or the gene)…
[…]and thus he [Lamarck] was inclined to assert the priority of the types of marine animals to those of the terrestrial, and to fancy, for example, that the testacea of the ocean e…
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