evolutionary theory

== English == === Noun === evolutionary theory (countable and uncountable, plural evolutionary theories) (biology) A theory of evolution, especially the scientific theory of evolution through natural selection. (by extension) Any model of disequilibrium or accumulating change. ==== Hyponyms ==== (biology): natural selection, transmutationism, saltationism, transformationism, transformism, orthogenesis, Lamarckism, adaptationism ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== evolutionary biology