Evolution (disambiguation)

From the most general perspective, evolution is usually the long internal process which changes stuctural properties of its carrier system. In this sense, we may observe that a system transforms itself in another one. In opposite to design and control processes an evolution is caused by natural forces. It may also relate to abstract systems, for example opinions, but an evolution is always not goal-oriented (the interpretation according to the systemic TOGA meta-theory,1994).

As contrasted with 'development', it can be the irreversible accumulation of historically acquired information. Development, in contrast, is made up of predictable directional changes.

For the reason of the existence of many types of systems and processes, the term evolution is used in many different contexts.

For example, evolution may refer to:

In biology

• Organic evolution is change in the heritable traits of a population over successive generations. It is reailized by the gens' mutation processes. It is also called natural selection.

Philosophy and spirituality

• Evolution (philosophy), the progressive development of the universe and consciousness over time
• Higher evolution, a spiritual concept concerning the transcendental progression of human consciousness
• Theistic evolution, beliefs holding that God creates through evolution, with variations as to the extent of intervention by God

Science, math, and technology

• Human evolution, that part of biological evolution concerning the emergence of humans as a distinct species.
• Sociocultural evolution, the gradual development and change of society and culture over time
• Chemical evolution, the development of chemical elements
• Galaxy formation and evolution, the origin and development of galactic bodies
• Modern evolutionary synthesis, the unification of several branches of biology that previously had little in common, particularly genetics, cytology, systematics, botany, and paleontology
• Oxygen evolution, the production of oxygen by (bio-)chemical reactions
• Stellar evolution, the development of stars
• Technological evolution, a science and technology studies theory developed by Czech philosopher Radovan Richta
• Time evolution, the change of state brought about by the passage of time for a system with internal state
• Evolution (journal), a bimonthly scientific journal which publishes new findings in evolutionary biology
• Beagle 2: Evolution, the proposed successor to the unsuccessful Beagle 2 Mars lander

Math

• Differential evolution, an evolutionary algorithm
• Evolute, in math, the set of all of the centers of curvature of a curve

Technology

• Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution, a sports car
• Evolution engine, a motorcycle engine from Harley-Davidson
• Novell Evolution, in computing, a personal information manager for the GNOME desktop previously known as Ximian Evolution

Books

• Evolution: The Modern Synthesis by Julian Huxley

Popular culture

Film, television and literature

• Evolution, a professional wrestling stable in WWE.
• Evolution, a 2001 comedy sci-fi movie directed by Ivan Reitman
• Underworld: Evolution, a 2006 action/horror film
• Evolution, a science fiction novel by author Stephen Baxter
• "Evolution", an episode of the science fiction television series Stargate SG-1
• "Evolution", a third-season episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation
• Evolution, a Doctor Who novel.
• PBS: Evolution, a documentary television series
• X-Men: Evolution, an American animated television series about the Marvel Comics superhero team X-Men

Gaming

• Evolution Studios, a British video game developer
• Evolution: The World of Sacred Device, a video game
• Evolution 2: Far Off Promise, a computer role-playing game for the Sega Dreamcast console
• Turok: Evolution, a first-person shooter video game developed and published by Acclaim Entertainment
• Evolution : The Game of Intelligent Life
• Evolution, a world-spanning, once yearly fighting video game tournament featuring head-to-head-to-head matchups of the world's best fighting game grandmasters, competing against one another in the world's biggest 2D and 3D fighting games (but usually centered around the Tekken and Street Fighter fighting game series).

Music

Albums

• Evolution, the first of two 1967 albums by The Hollies
• Evolution, Journey's fifth studio album
• Evolution, a 1997 album by Martina McBride
• Evolution, a 1997 LP by R&B group Boyz II Men
• Evolution, a 1999 compilation album by metal band Edge of Sanity
• Evolution, the sixth album by electro-industrial duo Decoded Feedback
• Evolution, the eighth CD of Twins
• Evolution, the third album by metal band Viper
• Ciara: The Evolution, the second studio album by American singer Ciara
• Evolution, a compilation by american vibraphonist Roy Ayers

Songs

• Evolution, a song by Korn
• "evolution", a single by Japanese pop singer Ayumi Hamasaki
• "Evolution", an indie rock song by Cat Power from the album You Are Free
• Evolution, a song by american vibraphonist Roy Ayers
• "Do The Evolution", a song by Pearl Jam from the album Yield
• "Evolution" a song by MotorHead used by the former wrestling stable "Evolution"

Other

• Evolution Festival, an annual Italian metal festival
• Orange Evolution Festival, an annual British rock festival

Other

• "Evolution", a disbanded wrestling team consisting of Triple H, Randy Orton, Batista, and Ric Flair
• Pokémon evolution, a sudden change in form of a Pokémon in the fictional Pokémon universe
• Digivolution, known as "evolution" in Japan, is the transformation of one Digimon to the next level in the Digimon franchise.
• Evolution, Modeling and Talent agency in Charlotte, NC

See also

• Evolutionism
• Evo