evolutionary progress

collocation in English

meaningsofevolutionaryandprogress

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evolutionary
adjective
uk
/ˌiː.vəˈluː.ʃən.ər.i/us
/ˌiː.vəˈluː.ʃən.er.i/
relating to the way in which living things develop over millions ...
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progress
noun[U]
uk
/ˈprəʊ.ɡres/us
/ˈprɑː.ɡres/
movement to an improved or more developed state, or to a ...
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(Definition ofevolutionaryandprogressfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Then, however, she will have to come to grips with the claim that predation contributes directly or indirectly to the occurrence ofevolutionaryprogress.
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On her view, such acts can contribute toevolutionaryprogressand the profusion of value in the world.
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And they will need to abandon the view that the emergence of creatures more like us constitutesevolutionaryprogress.
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Similarly, we look forward to making gradual andevolutionaryprogresson the community care front.
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The suggestion in our report ofevolutionaryprogresstowards the single currency is the goal we should keep in front of us.
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The experience and wisdom of the commission has presented us with a useful, detailed document which, after careful and sober reflection, should lead to pragmaticevolutionaryprogressin reform.
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He also viewed natural selection and mutation as too weak a mechanism to driveevolutionaryprogress.
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The next chapter deals with the idea ofevolutionaryprogress.
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Kurzweil saysevolutionaryprogresslooks smooth, but that really it is divided into paradigms, specific methods of solving problems.
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After decades ofevolutionaryprogress, the perfection and miniaturization of the mechanical and optical components plus the addition of electronic controls reached a critical mass.
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Culture is where the authorities nowadays try to save money, not noticing the civilisational andevolutionaryprogresswhich culture brings along.
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Kurzweil explains thatevolutionaryprogressis exponential because of positive feedback; the results of one stage are used to create the next stage.
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The idea ofevolutionaryprogresswas subjected to some fierce criticism in the latter part of the twentieth century.
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As the cecum became less necessary for digestion, mutations that were previously deleterious (and would have hinderedevolutionaryprogress) were no longer important, so the mutations have survived.
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This overgrazing and trampling not only destroys much of the plant life, but also forces it to adapt its physiology to stimuli that are not inherent to itsevolutionaryprogress.
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