evolution

change in heritable characteristics of biological populations over successive generations
Thing type_of_process Q1063
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evolution

Summary

evolution is a type of process[1]. evolution ranks in the top 2% of type_of_process entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,247 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • evolution is credited with the discovery of Charles Darwin[3].
  • evolution's instance of is recorded as type of process[4].
  • evolution's instance of is recorded as field of study[5].
  • evolution's instance of is recorded as field of study[6].
  • evolution's instance of is recorded as scientific concept[7].
  • evolution followed Lamarckism[8].
  • evolution is a type of biological process[9].
  • evolution is a type of evolution[10].
  • evolution is a type of pattern in nature[11].
  • evolution is a type of aspect of history[12].
  • evolution is a type of creation[13].
  • evolution's Commons category is recorded as Evolution[14].
  • evolution is the opposite of creationism[15].
  • evolution's has cause is recorded as germline mutation[16].
  • evolution's has cause is recorded as genetic drift[17].
  • evolution's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Biological evolution[18].
  • evolution's described by source is recorded as The Catholic Encyclopedia[19].
  • evolution's described by source is recorded as Encyclopedia of Political Theory[20].
  • evolution's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[21].
  • evolution's described by source is recorded as Desktop Encyclopedic Dictionary[22].
  • evolution's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[23].
  • evolution's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[24].
  • evolution's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[25].
  • evolution's described by source is recorded as The American Cyclopædia[26].
  • evolution's described by source is recorded as The New Student's Reference Work[27].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include type of process[4], field of study[5], and scientific concept[7]. Recorded subclass of include biological process[9], evolution[10], pattern in nature[11], aspect of history[12], and creation[13]. evolution is the opposite of creationism[15].

Influence

Things named for evolution include Evoland[28], a video game[29].

Why It Matters

evolution ranks in the top 2% of type_of_process entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,247 views/month).[2] evolution has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[30] evolution is known by 48 alternative names across languages and contexts.[31]

Entities named for evolution include Evoland[28], a video game[29].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [3] ↑ . 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.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [29] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [30] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [31] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 23d ago · Susmuffin · 2026-09-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → evolution, evolution-biology
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P13772]]: evolution-biology, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289927420|evolution biology (#289927420)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Har"
  2. 4w ago · عُثمان · 2026-09-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Equivalent class → https://w3id.org/gso/1.0/geologicprocess/Biological_Evolutio
    P14439 → 000703
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P1709]]: https://w3id.org/gso/1.0/geologicprocess/Biological_Evolution"
  3. 6w ago · عُثمان · 2026-08-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Basisklassifikation → 42.21
    Subclass of → biological process, evolution, pattern in nature +2
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P279]]: [[Q11398090]]"
  4. 10w ago · OBender12 · 2026-07-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Jewish encyclopedia id → 5923
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P8590]]: 5923, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/167478264|EVOLUTION (#167478264)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/6351|Jewish Encyclopedia]] #mi"
  5. 14w ago · Legonin · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Larousse id → divers/wd/50228, divers/wd/184539
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ [[Property:P6058]]: divers/wd/50228"
  6. 15w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-06-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → evolution, evolution-biology
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P13772]]: evolution, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289927419|evolution (#289927419)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] #mix"
  7. 16w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → h0007169-evoluce-biologie
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P9322]]: h0007169-evoluce-biologie, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259473|batch #259473]]"
  8. 20w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has characteristic → evolutionary pressure
    Opposite of → creationism
    Topic has template → Template:Evolution
    On focus list of wikimedia project → Wikipedia:List of articles all languages should have, Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
    + 15 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|4 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 8278, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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