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Evolution (Theory of)
(It. teoria dell'evoluzione; Fr. théorie de l'évolution; Ger. Entwicklungslehre) From the Latin evolvere, formed of ex-, from, and volgere, to turn, to roll. Until the middle of the nineteenth century, the study of living forms was dominated by theories fundamentally based on Plato's conception, according to which ...
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