How do you use Macroevolution in a sentence? See 7 example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like evolution or phylogeny, plus the exact meaning.
Macroevolution in a sentence
Macroevolution meaning
Large-scale patterns or processes in the history of life, including the origins of novel organism designs, evolutionary trends, adaptive radiations and extinctions.
Using Macroevolution
- The main meaning on this page is: Large-scale patterns or processes in the history of life, including the origins of novel organism designs, evolutionary trends, adaptive radiations and extinctions.
- Useful related words include: evolution, organic evolution, phylogeny, phylogenesis.
- In the example corpus, macroevolution often appears in combinations such as: of macroevolution, macroevolution is, and macroevolution.
Context around Macroevolution
- Average sentence length in these examples: 27 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 2 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 7 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Macroevolution
- In this selection, "macroevolution" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 27 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, term, terms and species stand out and add context to how "macroevolution" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include example of macroevolution again from and example of macroevolution is the. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "macroevolution" sits close to words such as aaba, aafc and aaib, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with macroevolution
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The symposium focused its attention on the possibility that modern microevolutionary studies could revitalize various aspects of paleontology and macroevolution. (20 words)
Nicholas Matzke and Paul R. Gross have accused creationists of using "strategically elastic" definitions of micro- and macroevolution when discussing the topic. (22 words)
Hence, use of the term "macroevolution" is sometimes wrongly used as a litmus test of whether the writer is "properly" neo-Darwinian or not. (24 words)
An example of macroevolution is the appearance of feathers during the evolution of birds from theropod dinosaurs, when now viewed at a distance from the future, although as they arose the developing changes would be deemed microevolution. (37 words)
The evolutionary course of Equidae (wide family including all horses and related animals) is often viewed as a typical example of macroevolution again from the broad viewpoint after a notable accumulation of previously microevolutionary changes. (35 words)
Over time, this process can result in populations that specialise for particular ecological niches ( microevolution ) and may eventually result in the emergence of new species ( macroevolution ). (26 words)
Example sentences (7)
An example of macroevolution is the appearance of feathers during the evolution of birds from theropod dinosaurs, when now viewed at a distance from the future, although as they arose the developing changes would be deemed microevolution.
Hence, use of the term "macroevolution" is sometimes wrongly used as a litmus test of whether the writer is "properly" neo-Darwinian or not.
Nicholas Matzke and Paul R. Gross have accused creationists of using "strategically elastic" definitions of micro- and macroevolution when discussing the topic.
Origin of the term Russian entomologist Yuri Filipchenko first coined the terms "macroevolution" and "microevolution" in 1927 in his German language work, "Variabilität und Variation".
Over time, this process can result in populations that specialise for particular ecological niches ( microevolution ) and may eventually result in the emergence of new species ( macroevolution ).
The evolutionary course of Equidae (wide family including all horses and related animals) is often viewed as a typical example of macroevolution again from the broad viewpoint after a notable accumulation of previously microevolutionary changes.
The symposium focused its attention on the possibility that modern microevolutionary studies could revitalize various aspects of paleontology and macroevolution.
Common combinations with macroevolution
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- of macroevolution 2×
- macroevolution is 2×
- and macroevolution 2×