"evolutionary continuity" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It refers to the fact that species have a continuous evolutionary connection to one another. For example, you could say: "The fossils in this region demonstrate a clear evolutionary continuity between ancient and modern species."
It has been pointed out that chemical equivalences "do not necessarily indicate an evolutionary continuity between prebiotic chemistry and biochemical pathways31".
Colin Allen and Marc Beckoff approach their work from a perspective that considers arguments about evolutionary continuity to be as applicable to the study of animal minds and brains as they are to comparative studies of kidneys, stomachs, and hearts.
He demonstrated, for example, that nerve fibres emerge from grey matter within a web-like substance, and that the lamprey spinal cord contains undifferentiated cells that later become the origin of the sensory nerve roots – a discovery that helped establish the evolutionary continuity between all organisms.
There is no inconsistency with evolutionary continuity to maintain that only humans have the capacity to learn to play chess.
Here, the evolutionary continuity of the volumetric expansion part of deformation was enforced by keeping the Poisson ratio constant.
First of all, no evolutionary continuity links the fly's empty silk balloon to the suitor's diamond ring, although potential mates may find the offering attractive in both cases.
Therefore, the discussions on the future of individualization in Europe have to take into account evolutionary advancements, continuities and interruptions in the manifestations of the global trend.
Even when bolstered by evolutionary considerations of continuity between the species, the arguments are vulnerable, for the mere fact that humans have a trait does not entail that our closest relatives must have that trait too.
These different criteria, such as structural compactness, sequence similarity and continuity, evolutionary origin, folding or function, lead to different domain definitions.
Although evolutionary and neurological continuity give us good reason to think that some other animals are conscious, it is notoriously difficult to test that hypothesis directly, or to tell how far consciousness extends into the animal kingdom.
I maintain, as I did in Biology & Philosophy last year, that the tree of cell divisions is a worthwhile construct because it reflects the need for some degree of evolutionary and ecological continuity from one generation to the next.
