evolutionary theory
collocation in Englishmeaningsofevolutionaryandtheory
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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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theory
noun[C or U]
uk/ˈθɪə.ri/us/ˈθɪr.i/
a formal statement of the rules on which a subject of study is based or of ideas that are suggested to explain a fact or event or, more generally, an opinion ...
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Nevertheless, our constructive approach is consistent withevolutionarytheory.
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This makes good sense from the perspective ofevolutionarytheory.
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This is where recent work inevolutionarytheorycomes in.
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Finally, few studies have appliedevolutionarytheoryto microbial behavior.
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Once human knowledge, morality and aesthetics have emerged, they cannot usefully be analysed byevolutionarytheory.
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Bowles is probably right; it should be possible to developevolutionarytheoryfurther in this direction.
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Evolutionarytheorywould seem to be superfluous for understanding body (and therefore brain) functions.
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Their research represents alternative points of entry into, and interaction with,evolutionarytheory.
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However, the theoretical constraints fromevolutionarytheoryare not really recognized in his work.
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Nevertheless, we believe that they have made several mistakes in relating their ideas toevolutionarytheory.
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An appealing feature ofevolutionarytheoryis that it does not have a criterion problem.
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This approach allows a somewhat different perspective from revonsuo'sevolutionarytheory.
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He provides anthropology with the resources for integrating human cognition in withevolutionarytheory.
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And are they useful concepts in terms of anevolutionarytheoryof schizophrenia?
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Any comprehensiveevolutionarytheoryshould explain the origins of creative genius.
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But the reading of the biological literature, particularly inevolutionarytheory, needs to be done carefully.
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One example is the increasing popularity and generativity ofevolutionarytheory.
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Before introducing the relevantevolutionarytheory, two important clarifications are in order.
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Theevolutionarytheoryof ageing might seem to imply the universality of ageing.
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Neither is the organism the central actor in modern gene-centredevolutionarytheory.
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Specifically,evolutionarytheoryhas enormous explanatory and integrative power, interconnecting all (or most) biological phenomena.
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A rethinking ofevolutionarytheorynow provides a plausible account of origin.
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In that sense, there is no difficulty in reconciling non-naturalistic forms ofevolutionarytheorywith religion.
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Note that this is very unlikeevolutionarytheory, in which homologous structures endure along a thread of actuality.
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The idea that human beings can perform short-term acts of altruism without rewards is perfectly consistent withevolutionarytheory.
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