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evolutionary biology

study of the processes that produced the diversity of life
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evolutionary biology

Summary

evolutionary biology is a field of study[1]. It draws 1,944 Wikipedia views per month (field_of_study category, ranking #77 of 379).[2]

Key Facts

  • evolutionary biology's instance of is recorded as field of study[3].
  • evolutionary biology's instance of is recorded as branch of biology[4].
  • evolutionary biology's instance of is recorded as academic discipline[5].
  • evolutionary biology's instance of is recorded as field of study[6].
  • evolutionary biology's instance of is recorded as academic major[7].
  • evolutionary biology is a type of ecology and evolutionary biology[8].
  • evolutionary biology's Commons category is recorded as Evolutionary biology[9].
  • evolutionary biology's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Evolutionary biology[10].
  • evolutionary biology's topic's main Wikimedia portal is recorded as Portal:Evolutionary biology[11].
  • evolutionary biology's topic has template is recorded as Template:Evolutionary biology[12].
  • evolutionary biology's different from is recorded as developmental biology[13].
  • evolutionary biology's is the study of is recorded as evolution[14].
  • evolutionary biology's practiced by is recorded as evolutionary biologist[15].

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Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include field of study[3], branch of biology[4], academic discipline[5], and academic major[7]. evolutionary biology is a type of ecology and it[8].

Why It Matters

evolutionary biology draws 1,944 Wikipedia views per month (field_of_study category, ranking #77 of 379).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16] It is known by 29 alternative names across languages and contexts.[17]

Related Entities

Aaron Clauset August Weismann biology Cavanilles Institute of Biodiversity and Evolutionary Biology computational evolutionary biology Daniel Janies David Krakauer Ernst Mayr Eugene Koonin EVOLUTIO evolutionary genomics Gaylord Simpson György Kampis Jared Diamond Jean-Baptiste de Lamarck John Maynard Smith Julian Huxley Oliver Eulenstein Richard A Watson Richard Dawkins Svante Pääbo Theodosius Dobzhansky Thomas Cavalier-Smith

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [16] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [17] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 3d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Is the study of → evolution
    Instance of → —
    Image last checked license → —
    Subclass of → ecology and evolutionary biology
    + 12 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|4 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 21944, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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