evolutionary history
nounUK /ˌiːvəˈluːʃənəri ˈhɪstəri/
US /ˌiːvəˈluːʃəneri ˈhɪstəri/
The story of how a living thing changed over a very long time.
Scientists study the evolutionary history of birds to learn how they got their wings.
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2. The record of changes in a family of living things across many generations.
The evolutionary history of horses shows how they grew bigger over millions of years.
3. The study of how a group of organisms came to be the way it is today.
Her book explains the evolutionary history of island plants.
4. The sequence of steps by which a feature or trait appeared and changed.
The evolutionary history of the eye is a favorite topic for biologists.