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Phyletic

adjective
1.
Of or relating to the evolutionary development of organisms.  Synonym: phylogenetic.





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"Phyletic" Quotes from Famous Books



... from a stage back in the Eocene time when our ancestor was not yet more than half arrived to the ape's estate, down to the time of true human development. "There no longer exists," he says, "a 'missing link.' The phyletic continuity of the primate stem, from the oldest lemurs down to man himself, is an ...
— A History of Science, Volume 5(of 5) - Aspects Of Recent Science • Henry Smith Williams


Words linked to "Phyletic" :   phylogeny, phylogenetic


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