organic evolution

Definitions of organic evolution

1. noun

   (biology) the sequence of events involved in the evolutionary development of a species or taxonomic group of organisms
   synonyms: evolution, phylogenesis, phylogeny

   types:

   anamorphism, anamorphosis

   the evolution of one type of organism from another by a long series of gradual changes

   anthropogenesis, anthropogeny

   the evolution or genesis of the human race

   emergent evolution

   the appearance of entirely new properties at certain critical stages in the course of evolution

   macroevolution

   evolution on a large scale extending over geologic era and resulting in the formation of new taxonomic groups

   microevolution

   evolution resulting from small specific genetic changes that can lead to a new subspecies

   speciation

   the evolution of a biological species

   type of:

   biological process, organic process

   a process occurring in living organisms