evolutionary biology

American  

noun

1. the branches of biology that deal with the processes of change in populations of organisms, especially taxonomy, paleontology, ethology, population genetics, and ecology.

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Example Sentences

Koparde says that the evolutionary biology of dragonflies and damselflies in the Western Ghats is particularly interesting because of the manner in which the region was formed.

From BBC • May 2, 2026

The findings help answer a long-standing question in evolutionary biology.

From Science Daily • Apr. 6, 2026

Much subsequent sociology has run around this Weberian circuit, powered by new techniques such as quantitative modeling and evolutionary biology.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 31, 2025

Of Yemeni and Syrian heritage, Al-Shamahi grew up in Birmingham, England; earned degrees in evolutionary biology and taxonomy and biodiversity from Imperial College London and was named a National Geographic Emerging Explorer in 2015.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 16, 2025

Scientists in those fields tend to be ignorantly disdainful of fields to which those methodologies are inappropriate and which must therefore seek other methodologies—such as my own research areas of ecology and evolutionary biology.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond