macroevolutionn.

1937 T. Dozhansky Genetics & Origin of Species i. 12 For this reason we are compelled at the present level of knowledge reluctantly to put a sign of equality between the mechanisms of macro- and micro-evolution.

1940 R. Goldschmidt Material Basis Evol. iii. 8 Microevolution..has been used..for evolutionary processes observable within the span of a human lifetime as opposed to macroevolution, on a geological scale.

1972 Listener 3 Aug. 138/2 There may be a different mechanism for grand heroic macro-evolution and for ordinary humdrum everyday evolution at species or sub-species level.

1989 E. Lawrence Guide Mod. Biol. v. 165 The evidence of the fossil record and the study of the comparative anatomy and physiology of extant organisms provides the raw material for the study of macroevolution.

2001 Nature 8 Feb. 669 The concept of macroevolution is better clarified when broken down into its two major component parts: phyletic and morphological evolution.

1937 T. Dozhansky Genetics & Origin of Species i. 12 Experience seems to show..that there is no way toward an understanding of the mechanisms of macro-evolutionary changes..other than through a full comprehension of the micro-evolutionary processes observable within the span of a human lifetime.

1993 E. N. K. Clarkson Invertebr. Palaeontol. & Evol. (ed. 3) ii. 45/1 Though species selection is the basis of much macroevolutionary change, it is not the only agent.