Deletion of Recurrent evolution

Comment: as . The phrase "recurrent evolution" occurs a few hundred times in the literature, but not with the meaning given here. Rather it seems to mostly refer to repeated evolution of the same features (i.e. like parallel evolution, but as repeated branches from the same lineage -- polyphyly or paraphyly). In other words, applying the usual meaning of the adjective "recurrent" to the noun "evolution." The essential concept in that usage is already covered in Parallel evolution. Looking at the sources of the present article, there seems to be a great deal of ; the sources do not support some of the author's flights of fancy. Xxanthippe is right about . -- Special:Contributions/101.119.14.233|101.119.14.233
Stance: delete
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Essays (WP:ESSAY||WP:SYNTH||WP:BLOWITUP)

Comment: AfD is not for cleanup. Nom's reasoning about nonsense applies only to the very first sentence in the article, and that appears to be a recent change. I don't claim to be knowledgeable in this field but there are mentions for it in Google Books and Google Scholar going back over 10 years, suggesting this is not a |neologism but may be |jargon. Article could use attention from an expert but nothing here to justify deletion
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Wikipedia is not a dictionary (WP:NEO||WP:JARGON)