Now updated for CSW19. New words, if any, and new inflections of existing words, are shown in red.
| abiogenesis | the supposed spontaneous origination of living organisms directly from lifeless matter. |
| abiogenetic | relating to abiogenesis, the origination of life by nonliving matter. |
| abiogenetically | (Adv.) ABIOGENETIC, relating to abiogenesis. |
| abiogenic | relating to abiogenesis, the origination of life by nonliving matter. |
| abiogenically | (Adv.) ABIOGENIC, relating to abiogenesis, the origination of life by nonliving matter. |
| abiogenist | a believer in abiogenesis, the supposed spontaneous origination of living organisms directly from lifeless matter. |
| allopatric | pertaining to populations which inhabit separate geographical areas. |
| allopatrically | (Adv.) ALLOPATRIC, pertaining to populations which inhabit separate geographical areas. |
| anagenesis | so-called progressive ('upward') evolution. |
| anaplasia | reversion of plant or animal cells to a simpler form. |
| anlage | (Ger.) the first discernible rudiment of an organ. |
| anthropogenic | pertaining to anthropogeny, the study of human generation or evolution. |
| anthropogeny | the study of human generation or evolution. |
| atavist | one who believes in atavism. |
| bathmic | relating to bathmism, directive evolutionary force. |
| bathmism | a supposed directive force in evolution. |
| bathybius | a substance on the sea bottom formerly thought to be living matter. |
| biogeny | the course of organic evolution. |
| biopoiesis | the creation of living from nonliving material as an evolutionary process. |
| caenogenesis | the state where adaptations to the needs of the young stages develop early, and disappear in the adult stage. |
| caenogenetic | relating to caenogenesis, the state where adaptations to the needs of the young stages develop early, and disappear in the adult stage. |
| cenogenesis | environmentally-moderated developmental aspects. |
| cenogenetic | relating to cenogenesis. |
| cenogenetically | (Adv.) CENOGENETIC, relating to cenogenesis. |
| cenospecies | a species that can interbreed. |
| cephalisation | in animal evolution, the specialization of the anterior end or head as the site of the mouthparts, sensory organs and principal ganglia of the central nervous system. |
| cephalization | the gradually increasing concentration of brain in evolution. |
| cladogenesis | the evolutionary change and diversification resulting from the branching off of new species from common ancestral lineages. |
| cladogenetic | relating to cladogenesis. |
| coadapted | mutually adapted. |
| coenospecies | a species that can interbreed. |
| coevolution | the parallel evolution of two kinds of organisms that are interdependent, like flowers and their pollinators, and where any change in one will result in an adaptive response in the other. |
| coevolutionary | relating to coevolution. |
| coevolve | to evolve together with. |
| congeneric | of the same genus, origin or nature; (noun) something of the same genus. |
| congenerical | of the same genus, origin or nature. |
| coordinal | of plants and animals, belonging to the same order. |
| dendrogram | a branching diagram to show eg evolutionary descent. |
| evolute | to develop by evolution. |
| evolution | the cumulative change in the genetic composition of a population of an organism over succeeding generations. |
| evolutional | relating to evolution. |
| evolutionism | belief in evolution. |
| evolutionistic | related to evolutionism. |
| evolutive | promoting evolution. |
| evolvable | that can be evolved. |
| evolve | to develop. |
| evolvement | the act of evolving, evolution. |
| evolver | one who evolves. |
| exapted | biologically adapted. |
| exaptive | involving biological adaptation. |
| fortuitism | belief in evolution by chance variation. |
| fortuitist | one who believes in evolution by chance variation. |
| hominin | any member of the taxonomic tribe Hominini, usually taken to comprise humans and their direct ancestors, but sometimes taken also to include chimpanzees. |
| hominisation | the evolutionary development of human characteristics that differentiate hominids from their primate ancestors. |
| hominise | to alter the environment to conform with the requirements of evolving man. |
| hominization | the evolutionary development of human characteristics that differentiate hominids from their primate ancestors. |
| hominize | to alter the environment to conform with the requirements of evolving man. |
| homogeny | correspondence of structure due to common descent. |
| homologic | relating to homology. |
| homologue | a thing exactly or relatively corresponding in structure. |
| homology | correspondence in evolutionary origin (of organs, parts, etc.). |
| homomorph | a thing having the same form as another. |
| homophyllic | exhibiting homophyly, resemblance due to common ancestry. |
| homophyly | resemblance due to common ancestry. |
| homoplasmy | the quality or fact of being homoplastic. |
| homoplastic | similar in structure and development but not descended from a recent common source. |
| homoplastically | (Adv.) HOMOPLASTIC, similar in structure and development but not descended from a recent common source. |
| homoplasty | the quality or fact of being homoplastic. |
| homoplasy | the quality or fact of being homoplastic. |
| homopolymer | a DNA or RNA strand whose nucleotides are all of the same kind. |
| homopolymeric | of or like a homopolymer. |
| homoscedastic | of equal scatter or variation; having equal variances. |
| homotaxial | showing homotaxis. |
| homotaxially | (Adv.) HOMOTAXIAL, arranged in a similar manner. |
| homotaxic | showing homotaxis. |
| homotaxis | coincidence in order of organic succession but not necessarily in time. |
| homotypal | of the same type of structure; pertaining to a homotype; as, homotypal parts. |
| humanoid | something having human form. |
| kainogenesis | the state where adaptations to the needs of the young stages develop early, and disappear in the adult stage. |
| kenogenesis | the state where adaptations to the needs of the young stages develop early, and disappear in the adult stage. |
| macroevolution | evolution that results in relatively large and complex changes, as in species formation. |
| macromutation | an abnormally great change in the characteristics of a population of animals or plants over relatively few successive generations. |
| memetics | the study of genetic transmission of culture. |
| microevolution | comparatively minor evolutionary change involving the accumulation of variations in populations usually below the species level. |
| morphogeny | the history of the evolution of forms. |
| mutagenesis | the origin or induction of a mutation. |
| mutant | something that undergoes mutation. |
| mutate | to undergo mutation. |
| mutation | the act of changing. |
| mutationist | a believer in evolution by mutation. |
| neomorph | a structure, part, or organ developed independently, that is, not derived from a similar structure, part, or organ, in a preexisting form. |
| neurism | a supposed 'nerve-force', acting on evolution. |
| noogenesis | evolution of the mind. |
| orthogenesis | the belief that biological variation results in new species, always along the same path. |
| panmictic | connected with or exhibiting panmixia, cessation of the influence of natural selection. |
| panmixia | random mating within a population, esp of a model system. |
| panmixis | (Greek) random mating within a breeding population. |
| panspermatic | relating to panspermia. |
| panspermic | of or pertaining to panspermy; as, the panspermic hypothesis. |
| panspermist | a believer in panspermism. |
| panspermy | the theory that life could be diffused through the universe by means of germs carried by meteorites. |
| phrenism | a supposed 'mind-force' presumed to be active in evolution. |
| phrenitic | affected by phrenitis. |
| phylesis | the course of evolutionary development. |
| phyletic | relating to a phylum; according to presumed evolutionary descent. |
| phyletically | (Adv.) PHYLETIC, pertaining to phylogeny or phylogenetic development. |
| phyletics | the study of the evolution of species. |
| phylogenesis | the evolutionary development of a species or other group of organisms through a succession of forms. |
| phylogenetic | relating to phylogenesis, the evolutionary development of a species or other group of organisms through a succession of forms. |
| phylogenic | relating to phylogenesis, the evolutionary development of a species or other group of organisms through a succession of forms. |
| phylogeny | the evolutionary development of a species, a group of organisms, or a particular feature of an organism. |
| polygeny | multiple origin, esp of mankind. |
| polyphyletic | descending from more than one original type. |
| prebiotic | before life; (noun) a natural substances in some foods that encourage the growth of healthy bacteria in the gut. |
| prehominid | preceding the evolution of hominids; (noun) a ancestor of hominids. |
| prehuman | before the appearance of man; (noun) a creature appearing before man. |
| preman | occurring before the appearance of man; (noun) a hominid or manlike creature that lived before the appearance of Homo erectus and H. sapiens. |
| protohuman | a prehistoric primate, a supposed ancestor of modern man. |
| prototherian | pertaining to a member of Prototheria, which comprises the order Monotremata and related fossil forms; (noun) a member of the Prototheria. |
| punctuationist | a believer in punctuated equilibrium. |
| raciation | the formation locally of new biological groups smaller than species. |
| saltant | a changed or mutated form of an organism that has developed suddenly. |
| saltate | to undergo saltation, sudden metamorphosis; mutation. |
| saltationism | punctuation in evolution. |
| saltationist | someone who supports saltationism as a theory. |
| serovar | a subdivision of a species. |
| sinanthropus | peking fossil man. |
| speciation | the act of forming a species. |
| speciational | relating to speciation. |
| subhuman | one that is less than human. |
| subman | a creature like a man. |
| throwback | a reversion (eg to an earlier developmental type). |
| vicariant | a species, variety, etc., of plant or animal forming the counterpart in one area or on one soil to a closely related form native to another area. |
| wholism | the philosophical theory that a complex system is more than the sum of its parts. |