understanding of evolution

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understanding
noun
uk
/ˌʌn.dəˈstæn.dɪŋ/us
/ˌʌn.dɚˈstæn.dɪŋ/
knowledge about a subject, situation, etc. or about how ...
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evolution
noun[U]
uk
/ˌiː.vəˈluː.ʃən/us
/ˌiː.vəˈluː.ʃən/
the way in which living things change and develop over millions ...
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(Definition ofunderstandingandevolutionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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They consider plausible alternative explanations, address them with evidence, and promote deeper scientificunderstandingofevolutionand its consequences.
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Every professional palaeontologist should know how the science evolved and what factors, social, economic, technological and pure chance, have shaped ourunderstandingofevolution.
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It is a story of changing perception and also of changing methodology, of spectacular new finds that have changed ourunderstandingofevolution.
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Finally, what are the implications of a dynamic systems approach for ourunderstandingofevolutionin general, or, more specifically, for the evolution of language?
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This internal critique does not address process theism'sunderstandingofevolution.
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Yet, we are at a very primitive stage in ourunderstandingofevolution, and its exploration challenges the traditional laboratory approach.
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We lack the detailedunderstandingofevolutionnecessary for such predictions.
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I conclude with a remark on its implications for ourunderstandingofevolution.
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They specify actual alternative explanations, defend them with evidence, and promote deeper scientificunderstandingofevolutionand its consequences.
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Yet alone these do not contribute to ourunderstandingofevolution.
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Myunderstandingofevolutionis that it involves change by a number of steps.
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Can he explain hisunderstandingofevolution?
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She was chosen for devoting her life to advancing publicunderstandingofevolution.
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His postulation of embryonic development coincides with hisunderstandingofevolutionas a developmental process.
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Its focus is on recent research and new advances in ourunderstandingofevolutionand the diversity of life.
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But a theisticunderstandingofevolutionholds that there was a divine teleology in this process, a divine direction at each crucial stage in accordance with divine plan or intention.
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This has led some commentators to express a concern at what they see as a highly inaccurate and biasedunderstandingofevolutionamong the general public.
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His explanations failed to convince many academics for that reason, and also partly because critics charged that they were based on a teleological (goal-oriented)understandingofevolution.
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