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evolutionary biology

study of the processes that produced the diversity of life
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Summary

evolutionary biology is a field of study[1]. It draws 2,195 Wikipedia views per month (field of study category, ranking #77 of 379).[2]

Key Facts

  • Instance of: branch of biology[3], academic discipline[4], field of study[5], academic major[6]
  • Subclass of: ecology and evolutionary biology[7]
  • Commons category: Evolutionary biology[8]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Evolutionary biology[9]
  • Topic's main Wikimedia portal: Portal:Evolutionary biology[10]
  • Topic has template: Template:Evolutionary biology[11]
  • Different from: developmental biology[12]
  • Is the study of: evolution[13]
  • Practiced by: evolutionary biologist[14]

Why It Matters

evolutionary biology has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[15] It is known by 55 alternative names across languages and contexts.[16]

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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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [15] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [16] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 18w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → h0006172-evolucni-biologie
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: h0006172-evolucni-biologie, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259497|batch #259497]]"
  2. 21w 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 */ Yso id: 21944, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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