Definition of "evolver" [evolver]

• Someone or something that evolves. (noun)

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• "It seems to proclaim that I am one who purposefully evolves, over and above one who tries to; it seems almost self-gratifying, though I know that's not a bad thing to be (an "evolver"; not self-gratifying)."
• "The Axial Age gives us the most telling evidence: to use our formalism, we can say that the sudden macro punctuation we see in the brief interval of the Axial period is the macroevolutionary component of the 'evolver', while the micro aspect is (not natural selection!!) the historical realization of the macro component, the actual history generated."
• "'evolver' or macro in this case is the process of 'sudden speciation', whatever that was, the punctuator, while the micro process is the equilibrium adjustment period in between, the stable period after speciation has occurred (quite rapidly, says Gould, in many cases)."