evolutionary biology

noun

: a discipline of biology concerned with the processes and patterns of biological evolution especially in relation to the diversity of organisms and how they change over time

Speciation still remains one of the biggest mysteries in evolutionary biology.

—Bob Holmes

see evolutionary developmental biology

evolutionary biologist noun

Examples of evolutionary biology in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

But emerging research across neuroscience, organizational psychology and even evolutionary biology underscores what should be an obvious truth by now: Humans aren't machines. —Jennifer Kamara, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2025

Zeller suggests that evolutionary biology may hold an explanation for chronic headaches. —Jerome Groopman, New Yorker, 11 Aug. 2025

The study provides a glimpse into a crucial time and place for which there haven’t been samples before, according to Iosif Lazaridis, a research associate in the department of human evolutionary biology at Harvard University. —Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 2 July 2025

His writing is filled with clear and interesting thought experiments, allowing anyone to grasp his theories, which span from philosophy, cognitive science and evolutionary biology to farming, sailing, and religion. —Theodore McDarrah, Forbes.com, 25 July 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1876, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for evolutionary biology

• neuropsychopharmacology
• aetiology
• anthropology
• archaeology
• archeology
• audiology
• cardiology
• climatology
• cohomology
• cosmetology
• criminology
• demonology