evolved mechanism

collocation in English

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evolved
adjective
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/ɪˈvɒlvd/us
/ɪˈvɑːlvd/
having developed through a ...
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mechanism
noun[C]
uk
/ˈmek.ə.nɪ.zəm/us
/ˈmek.ə.nɪ.zəm/
a part of a machine, or a set of parts that ...
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Theevolvedmechanismon the right traces a curve that is linear to 1:28,340 accuracy.
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Some researchers even suggest that altruistic punishment is anevolvedmechanismfor human cooperation.
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This is the environment to which a particularevolvedmechanismis adapted.
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How our evolved mechanisms for socialrelating work may offer clues.
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Techniques such as change detection and visual search can advance our understanding of facial expressions of pain and of evolved mechanisms for detecting these expressions.
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However, given our current state of knowledge, it is at least as likely that such amplification is voluntary, albeit behavior to which we might nevertheless be disposed by evolved mechanisms.
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Plants evolved chemical defenses against this herbivory and the insects in turn evolved mechanisms to deal with plant toxins.
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These include evolved mechanisms for social exchange, cheating and detecting cheating, status conflicts, leadership, ingroup and outgroup distinction and biases, coalitions, and violence.
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Human mating, then, is of interest to evolutionary psychologists who aim to investigate evolved mechanisms to attract and secure mates.
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Such a mechanism could involve hormones, signalling, sensing of external conditions, and other complex functions typical of evolved mechanisms.
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Plants have evolved to encourage mutualist frugivores to consume their fruit for seed dispersal but also evolved mechanisms to decrease consumption of fruits when unripe and from non-seed dispersing predators.
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