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E.V.O.: Search for Eden
E.V.O.: Search for Eden (Japanese ４６億年物語 46 Okunen Monogatari "4.6 Billion Year Story") is a Super Nintendo Entertainment System game developed by Almanic and published by Enix about a character whose goal is to evolve into the dominant life form on Earth a..
E. Von Dahl Killed the Locals
E. Von Dahl Killed the Locals is the debut album by The Matches, released on Epitaph Records in 2004. Track listing "Dog-Eared Page" - 3:43"Audio Blood" - 3:20"Chain Me Free" - 3:15"Borderline Creep" - 2:36"The Restless" - 3:35"More Than Local Boys" - 3:45"Eryn Smith" - 3:13"Say 18" - 2:51"The Ja..
Evo
Evo can refer to: Evolution, a continuous developmentBolivian president Evo MoralesEvolutionary Project Management, a project management process developed by Tom Gilb[link]Mitsubishi Lancer EvolutionEvo (board game),a German-style board gameEvo Magazine, a British car magazineA business..
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EvoBus
EvoBus GmbH is a leading bus manufacturer and is integrated into the DaimlerChrysler Group. Setra is also a member of the EvoBus GmbH. Contents 1 History2 Innovations3 See also4 References5 External links History In 1995, Mercedes-Benz and Setra, two pioneers in the bus..
Evocation
Evocation is the magical art of calling forth of spirits, angels or demons to bring spiritual inspiration, do the bidding of the magician or provide information. The first use of the term evocation was for the religious/magical practice of calling the tutelary deities of a city out of it so attac..
Evocati Augusti
The Evocati Augusti, Evocati of the Praetorian Guard, had even greater social standing than the Evocati of the Legions. They would have served out their time and obtained their discharge (missio) with the Praetorian Guard, but then enlisted again voluntarily. ..
Evocatus
Evocatus (plural Evocati) was the Latin term for soldiers in the Roman army, who had served out their time and obtained their discharge (missio), but had voluntarily enlisted again at the invitation of the consul or other commander.Dio Cassius, Roman History [45.12] There appears always t..
Evoca Cola
Evoca Cola is a cola-flavoured carbonated soft drink. It is currently sold in the United Kingdom, France and South Africa. History Evoca Enterprises Limited was established in May 2003 in the United Kingdom and launched its flagship brand Evoca Cola in January 2004. Evoca is a consumer brand spec..
Evodius
Evodius (d. circa 69) is a saint in the Christian church and one of the first identifiable Christians. Very little is known of the life of Evodius. However, he was a pagan who converted to Christianity due to the apostolic work of Saint Peter. In the Book of Acts, one of the first communities to ..
Evoism
Evoism is a religion that is based on the idea that reality is rational and logical, and attempts to describe it using practical logic, and not the myths and legends handed down from generations past. As a religion, it does require an element of faith, but does not have a deity nor suggest an after..
Evoked field
Evoked fields are part of the magnetoencephalogram. They are brain signals evoked by sensory stimulation, but usually buried by the ongoing brain activity. Repeating the simulus multiple times and averaging the signals reduces the uncorrelated ongoing activity and reveals the evoked field. Evoked f..
Evoked potential
In neurophysiology, an evoked potential (or "evoked response") is an electrical potential recorded from a human or animal following presentation of a stimulus, as distinct from spontaneous potentials such as electroencephalograms or electromyograms. Evoked potential amplitudes tend to be low, ran..
Evoked potentials
Evoked potentials, also known as evoked responses, are electrical signals elicited by stimulation of sensory organs or nervous tissue, as opposed to spontaneous potentials such as EEG or EMG. Due to their low amplitude, evoked potentials usually require signal averaging to improve the signal-to..
Evoken
Evoken is an American funeral doom metal band that is highly inspired by the Australian band Disembowelment. The band name Evoken is taken from the Thergothon song found on the Fhtagn nagh Yog-Sothoth demo. The band was founded by guitarist Nick Orlando under the name Funereus in April of 1992. Aft..
Evoke demo party
Evoke 2002: Spectators at one of the demoshow rooms watch computer animations in 3D. Evoke is the second largest demoparty held annually in Germany (the largest being Breakpoint). Since 1997, Evoke takes place in the region of Cologne and is organized by Digitale Kultur e.V. Each year this ..
Evoke Records
Evoke records is an independent record label founded by A and A Productions in 1995. In the late 90’s Evoke records was an art label producing limited run releases that were distributed mainly at art galleries. Since that time Evoke records has joined the digital age and now makes all it releases ..
EVOL
EVOL is a Sonic Youth album, released in 1986. The album cover features a picture of Lung Leg, taken from a film by Richard Kern. The album is notable for showing signs of the band's transition away from their noise-rock past and towards a greater rock sensibility. On the vinyl format of the albu..
Evolavia
eVOLAvia is a low-cost airline based in Italy. It's name in Italian (e vola via) means and fly away. Evolavia is a low-fare virtual airline company, operating out of Ancona Airport since the middle of year 2002 Destinations Barcelona, Paris, Moscow, Trapani, Copenhagen, Alghero, Athens External ..
Evoldo
Evoldo, a fictional character from the Land of Oz book series, is the late king of Ev, a monarchy across the Deadly Desert from Oz. He is discussed and pictured in Ozma of Oz (1907), but has died before the adventure takes place. Evoldo is a cruel ruler, and acts with such extreme impetuosity that ..
Evoloterra
Evoloterra is a secular holiday celebrating human achievement in general, and the event of the first manned Moon Landing in particular. It is celebrated on July 20th. It is largely celebrated by the community of space enthusiasts, and was originally popularized by Rand Simberg, a popular blogger who..
Evolt.org Browser Archive
The evolt.org browser archive is a collection of more than eighty different web browsers for operating systems ranging from BeOS to OSX, many in very early releases. Adrian Roselli of Algonquin Studios provided most of the collection to evolt.org. Notably for old computer collectors, the archive i..
Evolución
Evolucion (1984) is Menudo's 15th album (13th in Spanish) featuring Charlie Rivera, Ray Reyes, Roy Rosello, Robby Rosa, and new member Ricky Martin. Ricky Martin replaced Ricky Melendez after Melendez reached the age limit. Melendez was the last member of the original line-up to leave the group af..
Evoluon
The Evoluon is a former science museum erected by Philips in Eindhoven, the Netherlands in 1966. The building was designed by the architect Louis Christiaan Kalff, while the exhibition was conceived by James Gardner. The building was based on an idea by Frits Philips, who originally made a sketch..
Evolute
In the differential geometry of curves, the evolute of a curve is the set of all its centers of curvature. It is equivalent to the envelope of the normals. If r is the curve parametrised by arc length (i.e. [|r'(s)|=1]; see natural parametrization) then the center of curvature at s is �..
Evolution
A hypothetical phylogenetic tree of all extant organisms, based on 16S rRNA gene sequence data, showing the evolutionary history of the three domains of life, bacteria, archaea and eukaryotes. Originally proposed by Carl Woese. In biology, evolution is the change in the heritable traits of a..
Evolution-Data Optimized
Mobile phone and datastandards 0G PTTMTSIMTSAMTS 0.5G Autotel/PALMARP 1G NMTAMPSHicapCDPDMobitexDataTac 2G GSMiDEND-AMPSIS-95/cdmaOnePDCCSDPHS 2.5G GPRSHSCSDWiDEN 2.75G CDMA2000 1xRTT/IS-2000EDGE 3G W-CDMA* UMTS* FOMA1xEV-DO/IS-856TD-SCDMAGAN/UMA 3.5G HSDPA 3.75G HSUPA 4G Frequency ban..
Evolution-X
Evolution-X (not to be confused with the illegal xbox BIOS called EvoX made by the same group) is a replacement menu system designed to run on modded Xboxes. It replaces the original Microsoft GUI (known as the "Dashboard") and allows games and applications to be run from a menu that can be navigate..
Evolution/Revolution: The Early Years (1966-1974)
Evolution/Revolution: The Early Years (1966-1974) is a two-CD compilation of live stand-up comedy recordings by comedian and actor Richard Pryor, that predate his 1974 mainstream breakthrough album That Nigger's Crazy. The album was primarily compiled from tapes recorded by Laff Records between 1..
Evolution: Eternal Dungeons
Evolution is a RPG-type game, released only in Japan in 2000. This game is essentially a two dimensional version of its [[Evolution: The World of Sacred Device|three dimensional counterpart]] for Dreamcast. ..
Evolution: The Best of Iron Butterfly
A greatest hits album released by Iron Butterfly. Songs span from four of their albums: Heavy, In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida, Ball, and Metamorphosis. Track Listing 1.Iron Butterfly Theme (4:34) 2.Possession (2:45) 3.Unconscious Power (2:32) 4.Flowers and Beads (3:05) 5.Termination (3:00) 6.In-A-Gadda..
Evolution: the Hits
Evolution: the Hits is a greatest hits package released by British synthpop band Dead or Alive. Evolution is the band's second hits collection, after 1987's Rip It Up. This collection spans their history since 1984 and contains all their single releases, as well many remixes, both old and new. ..
Evolution: The Modern Synthesis
Evolution: The Modern Synthesis is a 1942 book by Julian Huxley and one of the most important books of the modern evolutionary synthesis. It was reprinted with a new introduction in 1964. ..
Evolution: The World of Sacred Device
Evolution: The World of Sacred Device is a computer role-playing game for the Sega Dreamcast console. It was developed by Sting and published by Ubisoft in North America. In Japan it was published by ESP (Entertainment Software Publishers). Evolution is a dungeon crawling game that follows the a..
Evolution@Home
Evolution@Home is the first global computing project for evolutionary biology. Global computing is a form of Internet distributed computing that distributes the computational workload to the CPUs of many voluntary participants. In order to participate one requires a web-enabled PC. The aim of Evolut..
Evolutionarily stable state
"A population is said to be in an evolutionarily stable state if its genetic composition is restored by selection after a disturbance, provided the disturbance is not too large. Such a population can be genetically monomorphic or polymorphic." --Maynard Smith (1982). Contrast this with the definiti..
Evolutionarily stable strategy
redirect [[Template:Mergefrom]] In game theory, an evolutionarily stable strategy (or ESS; also evolutionary stable strategy) is a strategy which if adopted by a population cannot be invaded by any competing alternative strategy. The concept is an equilibrium refinement to a Nash equilibrium. The d..
Evolutionary Air and Space Global Laser Engagement
The Evolutionary Air and Space Global Laser Engagement (EAGLE) is a new plan being developed by the United States Air Force. The project is a combination of two separate missile defense efforts: the Aerospace Relay Mirror System and a new, high-altitude airship. The project is designed as a means ..
Evolutionary algorithm
redirect[[Template:Portal]] An evolutionary algorithm (also EA, artificial evolution, AE) indicates a subset of evolutionary computation, which is a part of artificial intelligence. It is a generic term used to indicate any population-based metaheuristic optimization algorithm that uses mechanisms i..
Evolutionary approach
In computer science, an evolutionary approach is an acquisition strategy that defines, develops, produces or acquires, and fields an initial hardware or software increment (or block) of operational capability. It is based on technologies demonstrated in the relevant environments, time-phased requir..
Evolutionary arms race
An evolutionary arms race is an evolutionary struggle between competing sets of co-evolving genes that develop adaptations and counter-adaptations against each other, resembling an arms race. The co-evolving gene sets may be in different species, as in an evolutionary arms race between a predator s..
Evolutionary art
An image generated using an evolutionary algorithm Evolutionary Art exploits the process of evolution to create an artwork which continually changes according to an evolutionary algorithm. In common with natural selection and animal husbandry, the members of a population undergoing artificial..
Evolutionary biology
Evolutionary biology is a subfield of biology concerned with the origin and descent of species, as well as their change, multiplication, and diversity over time. One who studies evolutionary biology is known as an evolutionary biologist, or less formally, an evolutionist. Evolutionary biology is an..
Evolutionary capacitance
Evolutionary capacitance is a cutting-edge biological theory stating that living systems have the ability to accumulate genetic variation that has no phenotypic effect until the system is disturbed (perhaps by stress), at which point the variation has a phenotypic effect and is subject to natural se..
Evolutionary computation
redirect[[Template:Portal]]In computer science evolutionary computation is a subfield of artificial intelligence (more particularly computational intelligence) involving combinatorial optimization problems. Whereas evolutionary algorithms generally only involve techniques implementing mechanisms suc..
Evolutionary developmental biology
Evolutionary developmental biology (evolution of development or informally, 'evo-devo') is a field of biology that compares the developmental processes of different animals in an attempt to determine the ancestral relationship between organisms and how developmental processes evolved. The discovery..
Evolutionary developmental psychology
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Evolutionary developmental psychopathology
Evolutionary developmental psychopathology is an approach to the understanding of psychiatric disorders based on the following: that human adaptations were forged to function in past environments rather than the current environment; that investigations of brain-damaged patients should be included in..
Evolutionary ecology
Evolutionary ecology lies at the intersection of ecology and evolutionary biology. It approaches the study of ecology in a way that explicitly considers the evolutionary histories of species and the interactions between them. Conversely, it can be seen as an approach to the study of evolution that..
Evolutionary economics
Evolutionary economics is a relatively new economic methodology that is modeled on biology. It stresses complex interdependencies, competition, growth, and resource constraints. As Philip Mirowski has demonstrated in his book 'More Heat than Light', the first 200 years of economic theory was model..
Evolutionary educational psychology
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Evolutionary epistemology
Evolutionary epistemology is a theory in metaphysics, applying the concepts of biological evolution to the growth of human knowledge and, in particular, scientific theories. It argues that human knowledge advances by trial and error, in which various competing conjectures are put to the test (ultima..
Evolutionary ethic
The evolutionary ethic holds that the ultimate goal of human life is to maximize total creativity. John David Garcia proposed that the evolutionary ethics should become the founding principle of a new society, just as the "libertarian ethic" is the organizing principle of American democracy and t..
Evolutionary game theory
Evolutionary game theory (EGT) is the application of population genetics-inspired models of change in gene frequency in populations to game theory. It differs from classical game theory by focusing on the dynamics of strategy change more than the properties of strategy equilibria. Despite its name..
Evolutionary graph theory
An area lying at the intersection of graph theory, probability theory, and mathematical biology, evolutionary graph theory is an approach to studying how topology affects evolution of a population. That the underlying topology can substantially effect the results of the evolutionary process is seen ..
Evolutionary Humanism
The book "New Bottles for New Wine" by Julian Huxley, 1957, contains a collection of his essays beginning with ["Transhumanism"] and ending with "Evolutionary Humanism". In the latter essay, Huxley called for a new religion compatible with science. See also Religious HumanismReligious N..
Evolutionary landscape
In evolutionary theory, an evolutionary landscape (or fitness landscape) refers to an imaginary multidimensional parameter space that organisms (or arguably, individual cells or even whole clades) occupy. The ordinate (or 'y') axis is usually taken to be fitness of the entity in question; if the the..
Evolutionary linguistics
Evolutionary linguistics is the scientific study of the origins and development of language. The main problem in this research is the lack of empirical data: spoken language leaves no traces behind. This led to an abandonment of the field for many decades. Recently, however, the field is reviving du..
Evolutionary medicine
Evolutionary medicine or Darwinian medicine is the field of knowledge that integrates medicine with evolutionary biology, more specifically with the adaptationist program. All living beings are the result of a process known as evolution by natural selection. This process occurs whenever genetically..
Evolutionary musicology
Evolutionary musicology is a term promoted in the edited volume The Origins of Music as an application of evolutionary psychology's metatheoretical approach to human music. Examples of theories in this discipline, as documented in the volume, include Geoffrey Miller's sexually selected fitness ind..
Evolutionary neuroscience
Evolutionary neuroscience is an emerging field of scientific research premised on the hypothesis that the principles of evolution will help elucidate the adaptational difference between humans and animals in aspects of neurological structure and capacity. The field awaits a general unified theory o..
Evolutionary pressure
Evolutionary pressure can be formalized as an external pressure applied to a process, thereby pushing that process in a distinct direction. A process driven by evolutionary pressure is, for example, the natural selection for erythrocytes carrying the sickle cell hemoglobin gene mutation (Hb S) - ca..
Evolutionary Principle
The evolutionary principle is a largely psychological doctrine formulated by anthropologist Claude Levi-Strauss that roughly states that when a certain species is removed from the habitat which it evolved in, or that that habitat changes significantly within a brief period, that said species will de..
Evolutionary programming
Evolutionary programming is one of the four major evolutionary algorithm paradigms. It was first used by Lawrence J. Fogel in 1960 in order to use simulated evolution as a learning process aiming to generate artificial intelligence. Fogel used finite state machines as predictors and evolved them. ..
Evolutionary Project Management
Evolutionary Project Management, known as Evo, is a project management process delivering evolutionary "high-value-first" progress towards the desired goals, and seeking to obtain, and use, realistic, early feedback. Key components include: frequent delivery of system changes (steps)steps deliver..
Evolutionary Prototyping
Must be used for systems where the specification cannot be developed in advance e.g. AI systems and user interface systems Developers need special skills and most of the developments are done using RAD Can be only applied to small and medium size projects. System is not well structured. Based on..
Evolutionary psychoanalysis
Though over the years it had been in development through many published papers by the same two authors, evolutionary psychoanalysis fully came into being with the publication of [The Adaptive Design of the Human Psyche: Psychoanalysis, Evolutionary Biology, and the Therapeutic Process]..
Evolutionary psychology
Psychology Because of this difference in parental investment between males and females, the sexes face different adaptive problems in the domains of mating and parenting. Therefore, it is predicted that the higher investing sex will be more selective in mating, and the lesser investing sex will ..
Evolutionary radiation
Evolutionary radiation is a term used by biologists and palaeontologists to describe a dramatic and rapid (in geological terms) increase in the taxonomic diversity of a particular group of organisms. Typically, this diversification reveals a trend from a small number of similar ecological niches to ..
Evolutionary relay
In evolutionary biology, evolutionary relay describes how independent species acquire similar characteristics as a result of their evolution in similar ecosystems, but not at the same time. A classic example is the dorsal fin of the extinct ichthyosaurs and the shark. Another example is the streaml..
Evolutionary robotics
Evolutionary Robotics (ER) is a methodology that uses evolutionary computation to develop controllers for autonomous robots. Algorithms in ER frequently operate on populations of candidate controllers, initially selected from some distribution. This population is then repeatedly modified according..
Evolutionary self-organization
Evolutionary self-organization or holigent self-organization is the spontaneous internal organization of a system. This process is accompanied by an increase in systemic complexity, resulting in an emergent property that is distinctly different from any of the constituent parts. Evolutionary self-o..
Evolutionary Significant Unit
An Evolutionary Significant Unit (ESU) is a group that is considered distinct for purposes of conservation under the Endangered Species Act. This term can apply to any species, subspecies, geographic race, or population. To qualify as an ESU, a population must 1) be substantially reproductively iso..
Evolutionary socialism
Evolutionary socialism is a form of socialist theory which was originally developed by Eduard Bernstein. Evolutionary socialism argues that socialist goals can be gradually completed via democracy, trade unions and reform, rather than by violent revolution. See also: Reformism Democratic Socialism...
Evolutionary taxonomy
Evolutionary taxonomy or evolutionary systematics seeks to classify organisms using a combination of phylogenetic relationship and overall similarity. It differs from strict cladism where all taxa in a classification always should include all descendants of a single ancestral node. It thus allows fo..
Evolutionary Technologies International
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Evolutionary theory and the political left
Evolutionary theory and the Marxist left have had a sometimes wary relationship with one another. Some on the political left, especially Marxists and communists, have been critical of aspects of the theory of evolution by natural selection (Darwinism). Some of this opposition appears for ideologica..
Evolutionary tree
The evolutionary tree of living things is currently supposed to run something along the lines of that listed below. Most of the tree was based on ideas from cladistics; where more than two groups are shown in a single branch, there is disagreement about how they diverged. Hypothetically taxonomy ..
Evolutionary virology
Evolutionary virology is the study of the evolution of viruses. Researchers focus on the behaviour of viral species populations or infections in response to external selection pressures and internal mutational constraints. These may include: Host immune system challenge,Antiviral drug administrati..
Evolutionism
Evolutionism, from the Latin evolutio, unrolling, refers to theories that certain things develop or change as natural (unplanned) outgrowths of those that existed before, in contrast to beliefs that these things are fixed and immutable. An Evolutionist is a proponent of such a theory. Theories of ch..
Evolutionism (disambiguation)
Evolutionism has a variety of meanings, some of which are: As used historically to refer to a number of theories of "evolutionism" relating to the development of life or the universe.As used by creationists with an intended negative connotation against an advocacy of or belief in biological evolut..
Evolution (Boyz II Men album)
Evolution is a 1997 LP by R&B group Boyz II Men, their final studio album for Motown Records. It features the #1 hit "4 Seasons of Loneliness" and "A Song for Mama", also the theme song to the 20th Century Fox film Soul Food. A Spanish language version, Evolucion, was also issued. Track listing "D..
Evolution (Decoded Feedback album)
Evolution is the sixth album by industrial music duo Decoded Feedback, the fourth full-length CD, and the third released on Germany's Zoth Ommog record label. "Evolution""Endless Light""Infect Me""Bodies of Seals""Frozen""Re/animation""Breathe (Infected Mix)""Bio-Vital (Fictional Remix)""Breat..
Evolution (disambiguation)
Evolution usually refers to the biological phenomenon usually explained by Natural Selection. It may also mean: Other related ideas Evolution (philosophy), the development of the universe and consciousness through timeEvolution (term), the word itself.Evolutionary biology, the academic field conc..
Evolution (Doctor Who)
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Evolution (film)
Evolution is a 2001 comedy sci-fi movie directed by Ivan Reitman. It is based on a story by Don Jackoby who converted it into a screenplay along with David Diamond and David Weissman. A short lived animated series, [[Alienators: Evolution Continues]], that was loosely based on the film also aired...
Evolution (Hollies album)
Evolution (Parlophone PCS 7022/PMC 7022) is the first of two 1967 albums by The Hollies. This, like its predecessor For Certain Because, featured all the songs written by members Allan Clarke, Graham Nash, and Tony Hicks. Unfortunately, none of the songs on the album were selected for single or E..
Evolution (journal)
Evolution, the International Journal of Organic Evolution, is a bimonthly scientific journal that publishes significant new results of empirical or theoretical investigations concerning facts, processes, mechanics, or concepts of evolutionary phenomena and events. Evolution is published by the Socie..
Evolution (Journey album)
Journey's fifth studio album, Evolution, was released in April of 1979 on the Columbia Records label. Journey continued its streamlined approach to songwriting and the result would be their highest charting album yet. They retained Roy Thomas Baker as producer but said goodbye to drummer Aynsley ..
Evolution (philosophy)
Integral Thought Integral thinkers: Haridas ChaudhuriGeorg FeuersteinJean GebserAurobindo GhoseClare GravesErvin LászlóGeorge Burr LeonardMichael MurphyWilliam Irwin ThompsonKen Wilber Integral themes: Evolution, InvolutionIntegral yoga, Integral psychologyIntegral educationIntegral Transformati..
Evolution (professional wrestling)
Evolution members (left to right): Randy Orton, Ric Flair, Triple H and Batista. Evolution was a heel stable on World Wrestling Entertainment's RAW brand consisting of Triple H, Ric Flair, Batista, and Randy Orton. Many considered Evolution to be modeled after the Four Horsemen stable from the..
Evolution (SATC episode)
Evolution is the eleventh episode of the second season of the HBO television series Sex and the City. It originally aried on August 15 1999. Carrie tries to leave her mark at Big's place by leaving some feminine items behind. Miranda finds out that one of her ovaries has stopped producing eggs...
Evolution (song)
The correct title of this } is }}}. The initial letter is capitalized due to [Naming conventions #Lower case first lettertechnical restrictions]. "evolution" is the 20th single released by Ayumi Hamasaki. It was released January 31, 2001. Track listing evolution – 4:42evolution (Du..
Evolution (Stargate SG-1)
"Evolution" }||}}} }|episode list=|overridean=}} episode }|episode list=}} of the science fiction}}} television series Stargate SG-1}}}. Contents 1 Plot1.1 Part 11.2 Part 22 Notes3 External links Plot } Part 1 On a planet Teal'c and Bra'tac visit a place where many dead ..
Evolution (Stephen Baxter)
Evolution is a science fiction novel by author Stephen Baxter. It follows 565 million years of human evolution, from shrewlike mammals 65 million years in the past to the ultimate fate of humanity (and its descendants, both biological and non-biological) 500 million years in the future. The prot..
Evolution (term)
This article is about the term "evolution". For different meanings of the word, see Evolution (disambiguation). Evolution is a term with many meanings. For instance, Merriam-Webster lists biological evolution as one meaning out of a total of six. Evolution is not the sole domain of biology. We hav..
Evolution (TNG episode)
[Spoiler warningSpoiler warning]: Plot and/or ending details follow. Evolution is the first episode of the third season of [[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]. While studying a binary star that is about to explode, the Enterprise-D computer starts malfunctioning, jeopardising the study a..
Evolution (Twins album)
Evolution (進化論), is the eighth CD of Twins and was released September 2003. The disc contains 10 songs. CD content "Luan Shi Jia Ren" (亂世佳人)"Ni Jiang Ni Ai Wo" (你講你愛我)"Huang Xin Jia Qi" (慌心假..
Evolution 2: Far Off Promise
Evolution 2: Far Off Promise is a computer role-playing game for the Sega Dreamcast console. It is a sequel to [[Evolution:_The_World_of_Sacred_Device|Evolution: The World of Sacred Device]]. It was developed by Sting and published by Ubisoft in North America. In Japan it was published by ESP (En..
Evolution and Human Behavior
Evolution and Human Behavior is an interdisciplinary journal, presenting research reports and theory in which evolutionary perspectives are brought to bear on the study of human behavior. It is primarily a scientific journal, but submissions from scholars in the humanities are also encouraged. Paper..
Evolution and natural selection
Evolution and natural selection are generally seen as related, in that many biologists say natural selection "drives" evolution, in the since of giving rise to it or causing it. Others say that selection merely "steers" the process of speciation and is not in any way a causative force. Modern evo..
Evolution and the Roman Catholic Church
The position of the Roman Catholic Church on the theory of evolution has changed over the last two centuries from a large period of no official mention, to a statement of neutrality in the 1950s, to a more explicit acceptance in recent years. Today, the official Church's position remains a focus of ..
Evolution and the Theory of Games
This book should not be confused with the 1961 scientific paper with the same title by Richard Lewontin Book cover Evolution and the Theory of Games is a 1982 book by the British evolutionary biologist John Maynard Smith on evolutionary game theory. In it, Maynard Smith summarises work on ev..
Evolution Day
Evolution Day is the anniversary of the publication of The Origin of Species on November 24, 1859. Also celebrated is Darwin Day which commemorates the birthday of Charles Darwin who established the theory of natural selection which provided for a biological process behind evolution. Related lin..
Evolution denial
The practice of dening Charles Darwin's theory that evolution occurred through natural selection, in favour of religious rhetoric. This is most commonly practiced by Christian fundamentalists. ..
Evolution Diet
Cover from the book released in 2005 The Evolution Diet is a diet devised by Joseph Stephen Breese Morse from 2002-2005. It involves eating "what and how we were designed to eat." The main principles are: snack on low-sugar, high-dietary fiber foods in small quantities often throughout the da..
Evolution Erotica
Evolution Erotica is an adult film producer, featuring a popular catalog of VHS and DVD titles and internet content. It is owned by Tom Byron and Kevin Kleinrock. It is also closely associated with another adult film company, Extreme Associates. External links [Evolution Erotica's official ..
Evolution games
Games where the player takes control of the evolution of species, usually having the objective of developing a sentient species. Games Evolution, by Crossover TechnologiesSimEarth, by MaxisSimLife, by Maxis In Development Spore ..
Evolution in Mendelian Populations
Evolution in Mendelian Populations is a lengthy 1931 scientific paper on evolution by the American population geneticist Sewall Wright. The paper was first published in Genetics volume 16, pages 97-126. In it, Wright outlines various concepts, including genetic drift, effective population size, an..
Evolution of ageing
Why do almost all living things weaken and die with age? There is not yet agreement in the academic community on a single answer. The evolutionary origin of senescence remains a fundamental, unsolved problem of biology. Historically, aging was first likened to 'wear and tear': Our bodies get ..
Evolution of an idea
The concept of evolution has been applied, not only to biology, but to numerous other fields as well. In various disciplines, both the study of the history of technology and the history of philosophy, the concept is invoked to structure the successive changes in a technology, a concept, or the think..
Evolution of baseball player evaluation
Player evaluation is the process by which general managers and other baseball personnel judge the ability of a baseball player to contribute meaningfully to his team. This process has evolved over many years. Baseball has been around for a very long time. As it has matured, survival as a franchis..
Evolution of cetaceans
The cetaceans (whales, dolphins and porpoises) are descendants of land-living mammals, and remnants of their terrestrial origins can be found in the fact that they must breathe air from the surface; in the bones of their fins, which look like huge, jointed hands; and in the vertical movement of thei..
Evolution of dance
Evolution of Dance is a video that gained a mass following on You Tube when it first appeared. It also has it's own website. It features a man, Judson Laipply, on stage dressed in a red shirt and jeans doing the major dance crazes of the last forty years as the tunes play in the background. He begin..
Evolution of flagella
The evolution of flagella is of great interest to biologists because the three known varieties of flagella (eukaryotic, bacterial, and archaebacterial) each represent an extremely sophisticated cellular structure that requires the interaction of many different and finely-tuned systems to function co..
Evolution of Hawaiian volcanoes
Most of the Hawaiian volcanoes (that is, the volcanoes that make up the Hawaiian Islands) go through several defined stages of evolution during their lifespans. These stages of growth are influenced by the position of the volcano in relation to the hotspot, whether the volcano's summit lies below, n..
Evolution of intelligence
The growth in the size of the brain and the increased intelligence of man is believed by some to be caused by the preferential reproductive selection of groups with the ability to use tools and use language. Using tools and language increased the survival rate of those groups with larger or more eff..
Evolution of marketing
Marketing as we know it today began in the 1970s with the birth of the "marketing orientation". During the first stage of capitalism business had a production orientation. Business was concerned with production, manufacturing, and efficiency issues. By the mid 1950s a second stage emerged, the sales..
Evolution of Monogamy
Close Relationships Attachment Bonding Boyfriend Cohabitation Divorce Friendship Family Girlfriend Jealousy Love Marriage Monogamy Open Marriage Polyamory Polyandry Polygamy Polygynandry Polygyny Sexuality Separation Swinging Widowhood The evolution of monogamy refers to the natural his..
Evolution of multicellularity
The first organisms that existed were undoubtedly unicellular. How organisms then became multicellular is a big step in evolutionary terms and is under much debate. Because the first multicellular organisms would have lacked hard body parts, they are not well preserved in fossil records. Until recen..
Evolution of sex
The evolution of sex is a major puzzle in modern evolutionary biology. Many groups of organisms, notably the majority of animals and plants, reproduce sexually. The evolution of sex contains two related, yet distinct, themes: its origin and its maintenance. However, since the hypotheses for the orig..
Evolution of Shaivism
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Evolution of the British Empire
An anachronous map of British (and prior to the existence of Britain, English) imperial possessions This is a partial list of current and former British territories. More precisely, it traces the evolution of British (and English) imperial possessions of all status, from instances of occupati..
Evolution of the eye
The evolution of the eye has been a subject of significant study, as a distinctive example of a homologous organ present in a wide variety of species. The development of the eye is considered by most experts to be monophyletic; that is, all modern eyes, varied as they are, have their origins in a..
Evolution of the horse
Evolution of the horse, showing reconstruction of the fossil species obtained from successive rock strata. The foots diagrams are all front views of the left forefoot. The third metacarpal is shaped throughout. The teeth are shown in longitudinal section. It should be noted that the animals shown..
Evolution of the Judiciary in the Maldives
Contents 1 Introduction2 Judicial System in the pre-Islamic Maldives (? – 1153 A.C.)3 Judicial System after Islam (1153 A.C. – 1932)4 Constitutional Period (1932-present)5 Summary Introduction The judiciary is one of the most important bodies in the political organi..
Evolution of the Vertebrates
Evolution of the Vertebrates, subtitled "A History of the Backboned Animals Through Time" is a basic paleontology textbook by Edwin H. Colbert, published by John Wiley & Sons. The first and second editions (1955 and 1969) provide an overview of the entire range of vertebrate evolution, and are il..
Evolution Purgatory
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Evolution Skateboarding
Evolution Skateboarding is a video game of the sports genre released in 2002 by Konami. External links [Evolution Skateboarding] at MobyGames ..
Evolution Snowboarding
Evolution Snowboarding is a video game of the sports genre released in 2002 by Konami. ..
Evolution strategy
In computer science, evolution strategy (ES, from German Evolutionsstrategie) is an optimization technique based on ideas of adaptation and evolution. It belongs to a more general class of evolutionary computation. Evolution strategies primarily use real-vector coding, and mutation, recombination, ..
Evolution Studios
Evolution Studios Ltd. is a British video game developer. The company was founded in 1999 by Martin Kenwright (Digital Image Design) and Ian Hetherington (Psygnosis). The company is headquartered in Cheshire as well as having a satellite studio, Bigbig Studios, in Warwickshire. Games developed Moto..
Evolution to 3G
The Evolution to 3G describes the updating of cellular mobile telecommunications networks around the world to use new 3G technologies. This process is taking place over the period 1999 to 2010. Japan is the first country having introduced 3G nationally, and in Japan the transition to 3G is being la..
Evolution Vodka
Evolution is a"super-premium" vodka that is produced in Poland. Inspired as sole unit that reflect the universal character of: The sun as power and life, the nature as essence and technology as future. Top quality superior grains from Poland fields, carefully cultivated and meticulously selected are..
Evolution window
It was observed in Evolution strategy that during an evolutionary search the progress toward the fitness/objective function's optimum, generally, happens in a narrow band of mutation step size σ. That progress is called evolution window. So far, there is not an optimum tunning method for the mutat..
Evolution Worlds
Evolution Worlds is an RPG video game for the Nintendo GameCube. It was developed by Sting and published by Ubisoft on December 3, 2002. Evolutions Worlds is a dungeon crawl game starring a character called Mag Launcher. It was originally two separate games but the two releases are combined and s..
Evolvability
Evolvability is a concept that relates to the ability of a particular genotype to evolve new adaptive changes. For instance, the class of mutator genotypes is sometimes selectively favoured relative to more conservative genotypes because its members can produce new mutations more quickly, and hence ..
Evolvable hardware
Use of evolutionary algorithms (EA) to create electronics. Contents 1 Introduction2 Types of hardware EA3 Constrained hardware evolution4 Unconstrained hardware evolution4.1 Limitations5 Future research directions6 See also7 External links Introduction So..
Evolved antenna
Evolved antennas are antennas designed fully or substantially by an automatic design procedure mimicking Darwinian evolution. The first evolved antenna designs appeared in the mid-1990s from the work of Michielssen, Altshuler, Linden, Haupt, and Rahmat-Samii. Most practitioners use the genetic..
Evolved virtual creatures
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Evolver
This article is about the 311 album. For the album of the same name by The Grid, see Evolver (The Grid album). For the movie, see Evolver (movie). For the software package, see Evolver (software). Evolver is an album by 311, released in 2003 (see 2003 in music). The second 311 album recorded in 3..
Evolver: The Making of Youthanasia
Evolver: The Making of Youthanasia chronicles Megadeth's experience recording the 1994 release Youthanasia. The video is hosted by Dave Mustaine who explains the recording, mixing, and master process. While the video is currently out of print, it has been reissued in DVD format on Arsenal of Megadet..
Evolver (film)
Evolver is a 1995 Mark Rosman horror/science fiction B-movie. It starred Ethan Embry, Cassidy Rae, Chance Quinn, and John de Lancie. It also had William H. Macy as the voice of Evolver (Credited as W.H. Macy). The movie was frequently aired in the early days of the Sci Fi Channel and has a small ..
Evolver (Godhead album)
Evolver is the fifth studio album of the Washington, DC-based industrial rock band Godhead. It was released on 15 July 2003 on Reality Entertainment. The producers were Warren Croyle and Joe Floyd. It was co-produced by band members method and Jason C Miller. A video for 'The Hate in Me' was pla..
Evolver (software)
Evolver is a software package that allows users to solve a wide variety of optimization problems using a genetic algorithm. It was the first commercially available genetic algorithm package for personal computers. The program was originally developed by Axcelis, Inc. and is now owned by Palisade Cor..
Evolver (The Grid album)
Evolver is a 1994 album by the British musical project The Grid; the duo's third album overall. "Swamp Thing" is the most known song off this album, becoming a dance club favorite and chart hit in the UK and Australia. Track listing All tracks written by Grid members Richard Norris and Dave Ball...
Evolves
Evolves is a popular custom map for the computer game StarCraft. It is played with four to eight players, usually in two teams, and has developed into several different variants, notably: Evolves 2005, Air Evolves, and Djevolves. Overview of the Game Evolves is played on a map free of fog of war...
Evolve (album)
--[[User:68.184.45.0|68.184.45.0]] 02:49, 16 July 2006 (UTC) Evolve is the twelfth studio album by singer-songwriter Ani DiFranco, released in 2003. (see 2003 in music). Contents 1 Track listing2 Personnel3 Production4 Charts Track listing (all songs by DiFranco) "Promised L..
Evolving classification function
Evolving classification functions (ECF), evolving classifier functions or evolving classifiers are used for classifying and clustering in the field of artificial intelligence. See also neuro-fuzzy techniqueshybrid intelligent systemsfuzzy clusteringEvolving Connectionist Systems (ECOS)Dynamic Evolv..
Evolving Intelligence
Evolving Intelligence, also known as EI, is the term given to sophisticated computer systems, similar to what is commonly known as Artificial Intelligence, or AI, but with more capabilities, such as complex learning algorithm and personality routines, in the Saga of the Skolian Empire books by Cathe..
Evolving the Alien
Evolving the Alien: The Science of Extraterrestrial Life (2002, second edition published as What Does a Martian Look Like? The Science of Extraterrestrial Life) is a book about xenobiology by biologist Jack Cohen and mathematician Ian Stewart. In this book Cohen and Stewart argue that any investiga..
Evolving Virtual Enterprise
EVE(TM) stands for the Evolving Virtual Enterprise, an adaptive Web Portal System that uses the XIERE (TM) or X-tier Intelligent Engine for Real-time Environments. ..
Evonne
Evonne may refer to: Evonne Goolagong, one of the world's leading women's tennis players in the 1970s and early-1980sEvonne Hsu, Taiwanese pop singer ..
Evonne Goolagong
Evonne Fay Goolagong Cawley (born July 31 1951, in Griffith, New South Wales, Australia) was one of the world's leading women's tennis players in the 1970s and early-1980s, winning seven Grand Slam singles titles (four Australian Open, two Wimbledon and one French Open) and six Grand Slam doubles ti..
Evonne Hsu
eVonne Hsu (Simplified Chinese: }}}; Traditional Chinese: ; pinyin: ; born on December 5, 1980 in Texas, USA) is a Taiwanese pop singer. She released her first album "To Be Happy" in January of 2002, immediately rising to fame and gaining recognition for her talent, looks, and personality. She h..
Evosmos
Evosmos (Greek: Εύοσμος) is a suburb of Thessaloniki, Greece. The population is 52,624 (2001 census). Most cafe and general the center is near the church "Evagelismos". Municipalities and communities of the Thessaloniki Prefecture Agios Athanasios | Agios Georgios | Agios Pavlos | ..
EvoWiki
EvoWiki, short for Evolution Education Wiki, is a wiki website dedicated to building a textbook and encyclopedia of Evolution and related sciences, to providing responses to claims by creationist and intelligent design followers, and to hosting general essays and comment about these subjects. The we..
Evox Rifa Group
Evox Rifa Group is a prominent global manufacturer of capacitors, specializing in film and paper capacitors as well as electrolytic capacitors. Their headquarters are based in Finland, and the company has a worldwide sales and distribution network. External links [Corporate home page] ..
Evo (board game)
Evo: The Last Gasp of the Dinosaurs is a German-style board game for three to five players, designed by Philippe Keyaerts and published by Eurogames. The game won the GAMES Magazine award for Game of the year 2002 and was nominated for the Origins Award for Best Graphic Presentation of a Board Ga..
Evo (Wildstorm)
Evo is the name of a comic book character from DC Comics/Wildstorm Comics. Real name, Michael Heller, was a member of the super human team DV8. History Michael Heller was one of the few young men and women selected to be part of Ivana Baiul's Gen¹³ project at International Operations. Heller g..
Evo Flyer
The Evo Flyer is a type of Zoid, a race of mechanical lifeforms from the fictional Zoids universe. Evo Flyer Contents 1 Overview1.1 Fuzor2 Battle Story appearances3 Media appearances3.1 Anime4 Models4.1 New Japanese Release - Blox5 Related Zoids Over..
Evo Magazine
Evo magazine is a British car magazine dedicated to performance cars, from hot hatches to supercars. The first issue was produced in November 1998 and it publishes monthly. Much of what Evo is today has evolved from the acclaimed monthly motoring magazine Performance Car. Writers such as Richard Me..
Evo Morales
Juan Evo Morales Ayma (born October 26, 1959 in Orinoca, Oruro), popularly known as Evo (IPA: [ˈeβ̞o]), is the President of Bolivia, and has claimed to be the country's first indigenous head of state since the Spanish Conquest over 450 years ago. Morales is the leader of Bolivia's coc..
Evo Terra
Evo Terra is an American podcaster, writer and businessman based in Arizona. He is co-host of the award winning podcast Slice of SciFi with Michael R. Mennenga. Most notably, he is one of the creators of Podiobooks.com, a audiobook service that using podcasting to distribute the files for novels,..
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