EMERGENT EVOLUTION


Meaning of EMERGENT EVOLUTION in English

[emergent evolution] n (1923): evolution that according to some theories involves the appearance of new characters and qualities at complex levels of organization (as the cell or organism) which cannot be predicted solely from the study of less complex levels (as the atom or molecule)--compare creative evolution

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