Sentence examples for earlier in evolution from inspiring English sources
So it looks like some of the structural elements in the skeleton, that were needed for things to come on land, probably developed for other reasons, in another environment, as an exaptation, something that happened for other reasons earlier in evolution, and that could then be co-opted and used to get onto land.
Because the roundworm protein and the receptor for neuropeptide Y are closely related, the finding suggests that feeding behaviors arose earlier in evolution than scientists had thought.
Although these behaviors were probably advantageous earlier in evolution, they aren't as useful today, with modern stressors that we can't fight or flee, such as work deadlines, Potash added.
Sequence analysis suggests that the catalytic β subunits diverged earlier in evolution than the predominantly structural α subunits.
The fact that species that share a long evolutionary path tend to have similar genomes compared to species that have diverged earlier in evolution enables phylogenetic analysis at the species level.
Certainly, the more specialized a lineage becomes, the harder it may be to change its basic life history parameters, but this only reinforces the conclusion that changes were likely easier earlier in evolution.
Background: RNA can catalyze diverse chemical reactions, leading to the hypothesis that an RNA world existed early in evolution.
It is mentioned that physiology of prokaryotic cells arose extremely early in evolution and have diverged to cover a tremendously broad spectrum of metabolic and molecular alternatives.
Such traits arose early in evolution and have been sustained among prokaryotes.
It appears possible--although still largely hypothetical--that small RNAs evolved very early in evolution to help protect the genome against instability.
Glycolysis, a process that occurred very early in evolution (approximately 3 billion years ago), converts glucose into two molecules of pyruvate with the concomitant generation of 2 ATP.
