Metaevolution

Quick meaning: Metaevolution is a noun meaning (philosophy, biology) The evolution of the elements of evolutionary systems. Applying evolutionary concepts to non-living systems. Applying evolutionary concepts to individual learning and personal development. Examining the implications and past and future developments of evolution.

Meaning

(philosophy, biology) The evolution of the elements of evolutionary systems. Applying evolutionary concepts to non-living systems. Applying evolutionary concepts to individual learning and personal development. Examining the implications and past and future developments of evolution.

Example Sentences

The notion of event is also associated with that of metaevolution in biology (the evolution of the evolutionary processes themselves).

More recently, however, it has become increasingly realized that symbiosis is at the core of the evolution of evolutionary levels and mechanisms—of a metaevolution—in the microevolution of life.

Word Forms

• metaevolutions
• meta-evolution

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include meta-evolution, macroevolution, bioevolution, ecoevolution, microevolutionist, evolutionism.

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