01 n. The history of genealogical development; the sequence of events involved in the evolutionary development of a species or taxonomic group of…
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The history of genealogical development; the sequence of events involved in the evolutionary development of a species or taxonomic group of organisms; the historic exolution of the phylon or tribe, in distinction from ontogeny, or the development of the individual organism, and from biogenesis, or life development generally.
Syn.
evolution.