emergent evolution

1. 1.

   the appearance of entirely new properties at certain critical stages in the course of evolution

   Broaderevolution

Questions about emergent evolution

What does emergent evolution mean?

emergent evolution means "the appearance of entirely new properties at certain critical stages in the course of evolution".

Is emergent evolution a common word?

emergent evolution is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.