Definition of "coevolution" []

• The evolution of two or more interdependent species, each adapting to changes in the other. It occurs, for example, between predators and prey and between insects and the flowers that they pollinate. (noun)

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• "There are many examples of 'coevolution', i.e. where the enemy and the victim influence each other's development in close interaction."
• "In other words, we need to model the “coevolution” of culture and genes."
• "Thanks to the new invention of widespread indirect reciprocity, coevolution bootstrapped the evolution of the social brain of that remarkable creature, Homo sapiens."