How do dictionaries define evolution? Is it "static" and "ever-changing"?
evolution |ˌevəˈloō sh ən|noun1 the process by which different kinds of living
organisms are thought to have developed and diversified from earlier forms
during the history of the earth.The idea of organic evolution was proposed by
some ancient Greek thinkers but was long rejected in Europe as contrary to the
literal interpretation of the Bible. Lamarck proposed a theory that organisms
became transformed by their efforts to respond to the demands of their
environment, but he was unable to explain a mechanism for this. Lyell
demonstrated that geological deposits were the cumulative product of slow
processes over vast ages. This helped Darwin toward a theory of gradual
evolution over a long period by the natural selection of those varieties of an
organism slightly better adapted to the environment and hence more likely to
produce descendants. Combined with the later discoveries of the cellular and
molecular basis of genetics, Darwin's theory of evolution has, with some
modification, become the dominant unifying concept of modern biology.2 the
gradual development of something, esp. from a simple to a more complex form :
the forms of written languages undergoconstant evolution.
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