That makes sense in evolutionary terms because until recently mankind existed in a state of constant food scarcity.

FORBES: Health

Clearly, in evolutionary terms, the age difference really is good for both sides.

ECONOMIST: Evolutionary biology

Two million years is a long time to be stuck in traffic, but in evolutionary terms, it's the blink of an eye.

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"In evolutionary terms, it makes sense for men to favour feminine fertile women - those that did would have had more babies, " she added.

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Dr Cole suspects this could help explain not only why the lonely are iller, but how, in evolutionary terms, this odd state of affairs has come about.

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By forging a bond in this way, it could help these people to thrive, and thus, in evolutionary terms, to pass their genes down to the next generation.

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But no such adaptive change is seen in collections of hoverflies made over the course of the past two centuries, suggesting that the imperfect mimics are stable in evolutionary terms.

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The protection they receive from farmers is, in evolutionary terms, a quid pro quo for the fact that their physiologies are modified to serve human ends, rather than being sharpened for the cut and thrust of life in the wild.

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