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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of coevolve.
  • adjective That has evolved, along with another organism, via coevolution

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Examples

  • And American exceptionalism is not merely analogous to its English counterpart: the former in fact began with the latter, and the two have coevolved.

    Eamon Murphy: Theater Review: Jerusalem Eamon Murphy 2011

  • And American exceptionalism is not merely analogous to its English counterpart: the former in fact began with the latter, and the two have coevolved.

    Eamon Murphy: Theater Review: Jerusalem Eamon Murphy 2011

  • And American exceptionalism is not merely analogous to its English counterpart: the former in fact began with the latter, and the two have coevolved.

    Eamon Murphy: Theater Review: Jerusalem Eamon Murphy 2011

  • And American exceptionalism is not merely analogous to its English counterpart: the former in fact began with the latter, and the two have coevolved.

    Eamon Murphy: Theater Review: Jerusalem Eamon Murphy 2011

  • The growing length of childhood coevolved with the enlarging of the brain -- which has tripled in size over the last 2.5 million years, since the time of the first tool-making hominids -- and with the development of complex bonding, which includes friendship, romantic love, parent-child attachment and loyalty to a group.

    Rick Hanson, Ph.D.: How Did Humans Evolve The Most Loving Brain On Earth? Ph.D. Rick Hanson 2010

  • Again, these are coevolved populations that recognize molecular properties of the host and symbiont.

    No metazoan is an island - The Panda's Thumb 2010

  • He described how the issue is not the survival of the earth, or even life -- which has coevolved with a vast array of climate regimes.

    Carl Pope: Let's Win One for Steve 2010

  • "Birds prefer the foods and resources offered by particular native plants with which they may have coevolved," says the Audubon Society, which keeps a database of suggested plantings.

    Is your backyard for the birds? 2010

  • He described how the issue is not the survival of the earth, or even life -- which has coevolved with a vast array of climate regimes.

    Carl Pope: Let's Win One for Steve 2010

  • The growing length of childhood coevolved with the enlarging of the brain -- which has tripled in size over the last 2.5 million years, since the time of the first tool-making hominids -- and with the development of complex bonding, which includes friendship, romantic love, parent-child attachment and loyalty to a group.

    Rick Hanson, Ph.D.: How Did Humans Evolve The Most Loving Brain On Earth? Ph.D. Rick Hanson 2010

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