Evolution

‘Evolution’ is a word that most saliently refers to an order of change, or the development of something. Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy notes of it as meaning ‘order of change’, but Evolution is also a concept in academic & scientific Biology. The term evolution is often mistaken as only referring to the result of the death of organisms and the survival or extinction of genes. 
* Etymonline: 1620s, "an opening of what was rolled up," from Latin evolutionem (nominative evolutio) "unrolling (of a book)," noun of action from past participle stem of evolvere "to unroll" (see evolve).
Anything existing goes through evolution because of the constant change of the universe, which we quantify as time.
Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy on Evolution:
* Evolution in its contemporary meaning in biology typically refers to the changes in the proportions of biological types in a population over time (see the entry on «the concept of evolution to 1872» for earlier meanings). — «Evolution» (First published Fri Aug 25, 2017). 
* “Evolution” in contemporary discussions denotes the theory of the change of organic species over time. Prior to the second half of the nineteenth century, the term was used primarily, if not exclusively, in an embryological sense to designate the development of the individual embryo. — «The Concept of Evolution to 1872» (First published Tue May 17, 2005; substantive revision Tue Jun 3, 2014). 
See also: Biology
* LiveScience.com: The theory of evolution by natural selection, first formulated in Darwin's book "On the Origin of Species" in 1859, is the process by which organisms change over time as a result of changes in heritable physical or behavioral traits. [Feb 26, 2018]
* Encyclopedia Britannica states "Evolution, theory in biology postulating that the various types of plants, animals, and other living things on Earth have their origin in other preexisting types and that the distinguishable differences are due to modifications in successive generations. The theory of evolution is one of the fundamental keystones of modern biological theory." [retrieved 2018]
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* Nature; Natural selection; Selection
* See: Figurations of Evolution: The Red Queen
* Salient commentators on biological evolution: Darwin
* Political theories influenced by ideas of biological evolution: Nazism
* Social Darwinism
Category:Biology