Evolution

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In biology, evolution is change in traits of a population of organisms over time (due to a number of mechanisms and processes).

Evolution may also refer to:

Film

• Evolution (film), a 2001 film by Ivan Reitman
• Underworld: Evolution, a 2006 film

Television

• Evolution (TV series), a documentary television series
• "Evolution" (Stargate SG-1), an episode of Stargate SG-1
• "Evolution" (Star Trek: The Next Generation), an episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation
• X-Men: Evolution, an American television series

Literature

• Evolution (journal), a bimonthly scientific journal
• Evolution: The Modern Synthesis by Julian Huxley
• Evolution (novel), a science fiction novel by Stephen Baxter
• Evolution (Doctor Who), a Doctor Who novel
• The Theory of Evolution, a popular science book by John Maynard Smith

Music

Albums

• Evolution (Boyz II Men album)
• Evolution (Decoded Feedback album)
• Evolution (Edge of Sanity album)
• Evolution (Hedge & Donna album)
• Evolution (Hollies album)
• Evolution (Journey album)
• Evolution (Martina McBride album)
• Evolution (Tony MacAlpine album)
• Evolution (Twins album)
• Evolution (Masami Okui album)
• Evolution (Viper album)
• Ciara: The Evolution
• Evolution (news music), a television news music package by Stephen Arnold Music
• Evolution, an album (and song) by Roy Ayers
• Evolution Theory, 2005 Candy Lo studio album

Songs

• "Evolution" (song), a song by Ayumi Hamasaki
• "Evolution" (Korn song)
• "Evolution", a song by Cat Power from You Are Free
• "Evolution", a song by Motörhead from WWE ThemeAddict: The Music, Vol. 6
• "Evolution", a song by Viper
• Evolution (The Grand Design), a song by progressive metal band Symphony X, from their 2000 album V: The New Mythology Suite
• Do the Evolution, a song by Pearl Jam.

Other

• "Evolution" was the main theme in Lady Gaga's 2009-2010 world tour, The Monster Ball

Games

• Evolution Championship Series, a Yearly fighting game tournament.
• CycloDS Evolution, a Nintendo DS hardware for home brew games.
• Evolution Studios, a British video game developer
• Evolution: The World of Sacred Device, a video game
• Evolution: The Game of Intelligent Life a strategy game edited by Discovery Channel
• Turok: Evolution, a first-person shooter video game developed and published by Acclaim Entertainment
• Pokémon evolution, a sudden change in form in the Pokémon universe
• Pro Evolution Soccer, a soccer videogame

Technology

• Evolution (software), email client and calendar software
• Evolution engine, a motorcycle engine from Harley-Davidson
• Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution, a sports car
• Beagle 2: Evolution, the proposed successor to the Beagle 2 Mars lander

Festivals

• Evolution Festival, an annual Italian metal music festival

Companies

• Evolution Group, a British financial services business

Other uses

• Evolution (term)
• Evolution (professional wrestling), a former professional wrestling stable in World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE)
• Evolution (Dove), an advertising promotion for the Dove Campaign for Real Beauty
• Evolution (Guinness) or noitulovE, a 2005-2006 Guinness advertising campaign
• Evolution (party game)

See also

• Evolute, the locus of all of a curve's centers of curvature.
• Evolutionism, a widely held 19th century belief that organisms are intrinsically bound to improve themselves, and that changes are progressive and arise through inheritance of acquired characters.
• Chemical evolution, may refer to nucleosynthesis, abiogenesis, or chemical postevolution.
• Differential evolution, a method of mathematical optimization of multidimensional functions.
• Galaxy formation and evolution, the study of the processes that formed a heterogeneous universe from a homogeneous beginning, the formation of the first galaxies, the way galaxies change over time, and the processes that have generated the variety of structures observed in nearby galaxies.
• Higher evolution, term used in Theosophy and in Buddhism to indicate the development of higher consciousness
• Human evolution, the part of biological evolution concerning the emergence of Homo sapiens sapiens as a distinct species.
• Organic evolution, change in the inherited traits of a population of organisms from one generation to the next.
• Oxygen evolution, the process of generating molecular oxygen through chemical reaction.
• Sociocultural evolution, term for theories describing how cultures and societies have developed over time.
• Software evolution
• Spiritual evolution, the philosophical, theological, esoteric or spiritual idea that nature and human beings and/or human culture evolve along a predetermined cosmological pattern or ascent, or in accordance with certain pre-determined potentials.
• Stellar evolution
• Technological evolution
• Theistic evolution, the general opinion that classical religious teachings about God and creation are compatible with some or all of the modern scientific understanding about biological evolution.
• Time evolution
• Universal evolution
• Sociocultural evolution

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