Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The definite and determinate changes in the history of the origin of species which have been attributed to organic selection.
- noun The doctrine or opinion that the origin of species has been guided or directed by organic selection.
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Examples
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_ Including psychophysical evolution, evolution by orthoplasy, and the theory of genetic modes.
Introduction to the Science of Sociology Robert Ezra Park 1926
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