Companies

• Evolution Group
  Evolution Group
  Evolution Group plc is a leading British-based financial services business. It is headquartered in London and is a former constituent of the FTSE 250 Index.-History:...
  
  , a British
  United Kingdom
  The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
  
   financial services business
• Evolutions Television
  Evolutions Television
  Evolutions Television, commonly known as Evolutions , is a television post-production company in London, England. It has three sites across Soho: Berners Street, Great Pulteney Street, and a design facility on Wells Street called Earth. Evolutions has been used for programmes including The...
  
  , a British television post-production company

Film

• Dragonball Evolution, a 2009 film by James Wong
  James Wong
  James Wong may refer to:* James Wong * James Wong * James Wong * James Wong , Malaysian politician* James Wong * James Wong Howe, cinematographeralso:* Wong Jim, lyricist...
  
  
• Evolution (1971 film)
  Evolution (1971 film)
  Evolution is a 1971 Canadian animated short by Michael Mills, offering a humorous portrayal of evolution. Evolution was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film at the 44th Academy Awards, and received nearly 40 international film awards...
  
  , an animated short by Michael Mills
• Evolution (film)
  Evolution (film)
  Evolution is a 2001 American science fiction comedy film directed by Ivan Reitman and starring David Duchovny, Orlando Jones, Seann William Scott, Julianne Moore and Ted Levine...
  
  , a 2001 film by Ivan Reitman
• Underworld: Evolution
  Underworld: Evolution
  Underworld: Evolution is the second installment in the Underworld series, following Underworld in 2003...
  
  , a 2006 film

Television

• "Evolution" (Star Trek: The Next Generation), an episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation
• "Evolution" (Stargate SG-1), an episode of Stargate SG-1
• Evolution (TV series), a documentary television series
• X-Men: Evolution
  X-Men: Evolution
  X-Men: Evolution is an American animated television series about the Marvel Comics superhero team the X-Men. In this incarnation many of the characters are teenagers rather than adults...
  
  , an American television series

Games

• CycloDS Evolution, a Nintendo DS hardware for home brew games.
• Evolution (party game)
  Evolution (party game)
  Evolution is a party game for both children and adults. It can be played either indoors or outdoors, although because of the movement involved, it usually requires a large amount of space....
  
  
• Evolution Championship Series
  Evolution Championship Series
  The Evolution Championship Series is an annual video game tournament that focuses exclusively on fighting games. In fighting game communities it is commonly referred to as "Evo", and is currently the premier video game tournament for fighting games in the United States...
  
  , a Yearly fighting game tournament.
• Evolution Studios
  Evolution Studios
  Evolution Studios Ltd. is a British video game developer. The company was founded in 1999 by Martin Kenwright and Ian Hetherington , following the purchase of DID's publisher Ocean Software by Infogrames...
  
  , a British video game developer
• Evolution: The Game of Intelligent Life
  Evolution: The Game of Intelligent Life
  Evolution: The Game of Intelligent Life, also known as Genetic Evolution: The Race for Intelligent Life in Germany and Evolução: O Jogo da Vida in Brazil, is a life simulation & real-time strategy computer game that allows players to experience, guide, and control evolution from an isometric view...
  
  a strategy game edited by Discovery Channel
• Evolution: The World of Sacred Device
  Evolution: The World of Sacred Device
  Evolution: The World of Sacred Device is a console role-playing game for the Dreamcast console. It was developed by Sting and published by Ubisoft in North America and Europe. In Japan it was published by ESP .Evolution is a dungeon crawling game that follows the adventures of Mag Launcher...
  
  , a video game
• Pokémon evolution, a sudden change in form in the Pokémon universe
• Pro Evolution Soccer
  Pro Evolution Soccer
  Pro Evolution Soccer is a series of football video game developed and published by Konami...
  
  , a soccer videogame
• Turok: Evolution
  Turok: Evolution
  Turok: EvoIution is a first-person shooter video game developed and published by Acclaim Entertainment, released for the Nintendo GameCube, PlayStation 2, Xbox, and Game Boy Advance in 2002. A port for Microsoft Windows was released in 2003 for the European market...
  
  , a first-person shooter video game developed and published by Acclaim Entertainment
• Tron: Evolution
  Tron: Evolution
  Tron: Evolution is a third-person action-adventure, tie-in video game for the film Tron: Legacy by Propaganda Games, published by Disney Interactive. It was officially announced at the Spike Video Game Awards and was released for the Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable and Xbox...
  
  , an action-adventure video game.

Literature

• Evolution (Doctor Who)
  Evolution (Doctor Who)
  Evolution is an original novel written by John Peel and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. features the Fourth Doctor and Sarah....
  
  , a Doctor Who novel
• Evolution (journal)
  Evolution (journal)
  Evolution, the International Journal of Organic Evolution, is a leading monthly scientific journal that publishes significant new results of empirical or theoretical investigations concerning facts, processes, mechanics, or concepts of evolutionary phenomena and events. Evolution is published by...
  
  , a bimonthly scientific journal
• Evolution (novel), a science fiction novel by Stephen Baxter
• Evolution: The Modern Synthesis
  Evolution: The Modern Synthesis
  Evolution: The Modern Synthesis, a 1942 book by Julian Huxley , is one of the most important books of the modern evolutionary synthesis.- Publication history :Allen & Unwin, London...
  
  by Julian Huxley
• The Theory of Evolution
  The Theory of Evolution
  The Theory of Evolution is a book by English evolutionary biologist and geneticist John Maynard Smith, originally published in 1958. It serves as a general introduction to the eponymous subject, intended to be accessible to those with little technical knowledge of the area. It has been highly...
  
  , a popular science book by John Maynard Smith

Albums

• Ciara: The Evolution
  Ciara: The Evolution
  Ciara: The Evolution is the second studio album by American recording artist Ciara. It was released on December 5, 2006, by LaFace Records. The album is separated into five sections, with each showcasing a different side of Ciara's artistry...
  
  
• Evolution, an album (and song) by Roy Ayers
  Roy Ayers
  Roy Ayers is an American funk, soul, and jazz composer and vibraphone player. Ayers began his career as a post-bop jazz artist, releasing several albums with Atlantic Records, before his tenure at Polydor Records beginning in the 1970s, during which he helped pioneer jazz-funk .- Biography :Ayers...
  
  
• Evolution, a smooth jazz album by Pamela Williams
  Pamela Williams
  Pamela Williams is an American smooth jazz saxophonist, songwriter, producer and painter. Williams exhibits diverse musical elements in her repertoire, including Nu Jazz, Funk, R&B, House, Latin and Pop...
  
   (2002), featuring Teena Marie on the single, ""I Am Love"
• Evolution (Boyz II Men album)
  Evolution (Boyz II Men album)
  Evolution is an album by R&B group Boyz II Men, released in September 1997. It is their final album released on Motown Records. A Spanish language version, Evolución, was also issued.- History :...
  
  
• Evolution (Decoded Feedback album)
  Evolution (Decoded Feedback album)
  Evolution is the sixth album by electro-industrial duo Decoded Feedback, the fourth full-length CD, and the third released on Germany's Zoth Ommog record label.# "Evolution"# "Endless Light"# "Infect Me"# "Bodies of Seals"# "Frozen"# "Re/animation"...
  
  
• Evolution (Edge of Sanity album)
  Evolution (Edge of Sanity album)
  Evolution is a best of compilation album by the Swedish death metal band Edge of Sanity, released by Black Mark Productions on November 29, 1999...
  
  
• Evolution (Hollies album)
  Evolution (Hollies album)
  The cover shown is the Sundazed 1998 rerelease, which differs from the original by having a small black rectanglular Sundazed logo present in the lower right....
  
  
• Evolution (Journey album)
  Evolution (Journey album)
  Evolution is the name of Journey's fifth studio album. It was released in April 1979 on Columbia Records.The album was their highest charting album to date, selling three million copies in the US...
  
  
• Evolution (Tony MacAlpine album)
  Evolution (Tony MacAlpine album)
  Evolution is the seventh studio album by guitarist Tony MacAlpine, released on October 10, 1995 through Shrapnel Records.-Track listing:-Personnel:*Tony MacAlpine – guitar, keyboard, mixing, production*Mike Terrana – drums*Tony Franklin – bass...
  
  
• Evolution (Martina McBride album)
  Evolution (Martina McBride album)
  Evolution is the fourth album released by Martina McBride. It was released in 1997 via RCA Records. It included the hit singles "Happy Girl", "A Broken Wing" and "Valentine", the latter of which became her first single to chart on the Billboard Hot 100 as well as her first major crossover hit...
  
  
• Evolution (Grachan Moncur III album)
  Evolution (Grachan Moncur III album)
  Evolution is the debut album by American trombonist Grachan Moncur III recorded in 1963 and released on the Blue Note label.-Reception:The Allmusic review by Steve Huey awarded the album 4½ stars and stated "With such an inventive debut, it's a shame Moncur didn't record more as a leader, which...
  
  
• Evolution (news music), a television news music
  Television news music
  Television news music is used by television stations to brand their news operations. Each television station uses an identifiable news theme; some themes are used by multiple stations while others are composed specifically for a certain station....
  
   package by Stephen Arnold Music
  Stephen Arnold Music
  Founded in 1993 by Stephen Arnold, Stephen Arnold Music is a Dallas-based music production company, specializing in Television news music. With additional offices in San Diego, California and a studio in Santa Fe, New Mexico, the company services television networks, cable channels, TV stations,...
  
  
• Evolution (Masami Okui album)
  Evolution (Masami Okui album)
  Evolution is the 12th album by Masami Okui, released on 4 October 2006. The album title came from Okui's independent record label company name Evolution.-Track listing:#"Soldier ~Love Battlefield~"#*Lyrics: Masami Okui...
  
  
• Evolution (Twins album)
  Evolution (Twins album)
  Evolution , is the eighth CD of Twins and was released September 2003. The disc contains 10 songs.-CD content:#"Luan Shi Jia Ren" #"Ni Jiang Ni Ai Wo" #"Huang Xin Jia Qi" #"You Know What I Mean"#"Peng YOu De Ai"...
  
  
• Evolution (Viper album)
  Evolution (Viper album)
  Evolution is the third album by Brazilian heavy metal band Viper, release in 1992.-Track listing:# "Coming From The Inside" — 3:51# "Evolution" — 5:13# "Rebel Maniac" — 3:29...
  
  
• Evolution: The Hits (Dead Or Alive album)
  Evolution: the Hits
  Evolution: The Hits is a compilation album from the British dance/pop band Dead or Alive, in 2003.Evolution: The Hits is the band's second "greatest hits" collection, after 1987's Rip It Up...
  
  
• Evolution Theory
  Evolution Theory
  Tin1 Yin2 Leun6 is Candy Lo's 9th studio album. It was released on 4 June 2005. For this album Candy Lo worked together with Hong Kong producer Kubert Leung with whom she worked on previous albums as well.- Track listing :...
  
  , 2005 Candy Lo studio album

Songs

• "Do the Evolution
  Do the Evolution
  "Do the Evolution" is a song by the American rock band Pearl Jam. Featuring lyrics written by vocalist Eddie Vedder and music written by guitarist Stone Gossard, "Do the Evolution" is the seventh track on the band's fifth studio album, Yield . Despite the lack of a commercial single release, the...
  
  ", a song by Pearl Jam.
• "Evolution", a song by Cat Power from You Are Free
  You Are Free
  You Are Free is the sixth album by American singer/songwriter Chan Marshall, a.k.a. Cat Power. It was released in 2003 on Matador Records. Dave Grohl of Nirvana and The Foo Fighters plays the drums and Eddie Vedder of Pearl Jam provides backing vocals on two tracks...
  
  
• "Evolution", a song by Motörhead from WWE ThemeAddict: The Music, Vol. 6
  WWE ThemeAddict: The Music, Vol. 6
  WWE ThemeAddict: The Music, Vol. 6 is a compilation album released by World Wrestling Entertainment in 2004. It mostly features recent theme songs of wrestlers on the roster at the time...
  
  
• "Evolution" a song by State Radio
  State Radio
  State Radio is an alternative rock band from Sherborn, Massachusetts, consisting of Chad Urmston , Chuck Fay and Mike Najarian...
  
   from their album "Let It Go" and EP "Calling All Crows"
• "Evolution", a song by Viper (band)
  Viper (band)
  Viper is a Brazilian heavy metal band formed in 1985 initially highly influenced by Iron Maiden and the New Wave of British Heavy Metal, later developing a very particular sound.-Biography:...
  
  
• "Evolution" (Korn song)
  Evolution (Korn song)
  "Evolution" is a song by American nu metal band Korn. The song was the first single to be released from the band's untitled album on June 12, 2007. It is one of the four tracks in which Brooks Wackerman of Bad Religion performed drumming duties...
  
  
• "Evolution" (song)
  Evolution (song)
  "Evolution" is the 20th single released by Ayumi Hamasaki. It was released January 31, 2001. Her second single to be composed by herself , it sold over 500,000 copies in its first week at debuted at #1 on the charts. "Evolution" is Hamasaki's highest selling single until 2002's "H" in the 21st...
  
  , a song by Ayumi Hamasaki
• Evolution (The Grand Design), a song by progressive metal band Symphony X, from their 2000 album V-The New Mythology Suite
  V-The New Mythology Suite
  V: The New Mythology Suite, a concept album, is the fifth studio album by progressive metal band Symphony X. The album deals with the story of Atlantis, ancient Egyptian mythology, and astrology. It is the first Symphony X album to feature bassist Michael Lepond...
  
  

Technology

• Beagle 2: Evolution
  Beagle 2: Evolution
  Beagle 2: Evolution is a cancelled Mars lander mission which intended to search for life on Mars, past or present. Beagle 3 was the proposed successor to the unsuccessful British Beagle 2 Mars lander . The craft was also being designed by Professor Colin Pillinger, lead scientist on the previous...
  
  , the proposed successor to the Beagle 2 Mars lander
• Evolution (software), email client and calendar software
• Evolution engine
  Evolution engine
  The Evolution engine is an air-cooled, 45-degree, V-twin engine manufactured since 1984 by the Harley Davidson Motor Company for the company's motorcycles. It was made in the displacement for Harley Davidson Big V-twins bikes, replacing the Shovelhead engine, until 1999 when it was replaced by...
  
  , a motorcycle engine from Harley-Davidson
• Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution
  Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution
  The Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution, colloquially known as the Lancer Evo or Evo, is a high-performance sedan manufactured by Mitsubishi Motors. There have been ten official versions to date, and the designation of each model is most commonly a roman numeral...
  
  , a sports car

Other uses

• Evolution (advertisement), an advertising promotion for the Dove Campaign for Real Beauty
• Evolution (Guinness) or noitulovE, a 2005-2006 Guinness advertising campaign
• Evolution (professional wrestling)
  Evolution (professional wrestling)
  Evolution was a villainous professional wrestling stable on WWE's Raw brand between 2003 and 2005. At the height of its existence, the group consisted of Triple H, Ric Flair, Randy Orton, Batista and briefly Eugene....
  
  , a former professional wrestling stable in World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE)
• Evolution (ride)
  Evolution (ride)
  Evolution is a large thrill ride manufactured by FarFabbri in Italy.It consists of four inclined pillars which support a revolving arm. On one end of the arm are some counterweights and on the other is a rotating hub which holds 10 cars. The minimum height requirement is 48 inches or taller....
  
  , an amusement park ride
• Evolution (term)
  Evolution (term)
  The English noun evolution refers to any kind of gradual change.It is used in biology, of biological evolution, in economics, historical linguistics, and many other technical fields where systems develop or change gradually over time, e.g...
  
  

See also

• Chemical evolution (disambiguation)
• Differential evolution
  Differential evolution
  In computer science, differential evolution is a method that optimizes a problem by iteratively trying to improve a candidate solution with regard to a given measure of quality. Such methods are commonly known as metaheuristics as they make few or no assumptions about the problem being optimized...
  
  , a method of mathematical optimization of multidimensional functions
• Evolute
  Evolute
  In the differential geometry of curves, the evolute of a curve is the locus of all its centers of curvature. Equivalently, it is the envelope of the normals to a curve....
  
  , the locus of all of a curve's centers of curvature
• Evolutionism
  Evolutionism
  Evolutionism refers to the biological concept of evolution, specifically to a widely held 19th century belief that organisms are intrinsically bound to increase in complexity. The belief was extended to include cultural evolution and social evolution...
  
  , a widely held 19th century belief that organisms are intrinsically bound to improve themselves, and that changes are progressive and arise through inheritance of acquired characters
• Galaxy formation and evolution
  Galaxy formation and evolution
  The study of galaxy formation and evolution is concerned with the processes that formed a heterogeneous universe from a homogeneous beginning, the formation of the first galaxies, the way galaxies change over time, and the processes that have generated the variety of structures observed in nearby...
  
  , the study of the processes that formed a heterogeneous universe from a homogeneous beginning, the formation of the first galaxies, the way galaxies change over time, and the processes that have generated the variety of structures observed in nearby galaxies
• Human evolution
  Human evolution
  Human evolution refers to the evolutionary history of the genus Homo, including the emergence of Homo sapiens as a distinct species and as a unique category of hominids and mammals...
  
  , the part of biological evolution concerning the emergence of Homo sapiens sapiens as a distinct species
• Language change
  Language change
  Language change is the phenomenon whereby phonetic, morphological, semantic, syntactic, and other features of language vary over time. The effect on language over time is known as diachronic change. Two linguistic disciplines in particular concern themselves with studying language change:...
  
  , or Language evolution
  • Evolution of language
  • Evolutionary linguistics
    Evolutionary linguistics
    Evolutionary linguistics is the scientific study of the origins and development of language. The main challenge in this research is the lack of empirical data: spoken language leaves practically no traces. This led to an abandonment of the field for more than a century...
    
    
• Organic evolution, change in the inherited traits of a population of organisms from one generation to the next
• Oxygen evolution
  Oxygen evolution
  Oxygen evolution is the process of generating molecular oxygen through chemical reaction. Mechanisms of oxygen evolution include the oxidation of water during oxygenic photosynthesis, electrolysis of water into oxygen and hydrogen, and electrocatalytic oxygen evolution from oxides and...
  
  , the process of generating molecular oxygen through chemical reaction
• Pascendi Dominici Gregis
  Pascendi Dominici Gregis
  Pascendi dominici gregis was a Papal encyclical letter promulgated by Pope Pius X on 8 September 1907.The pope condemned Modernism, and a whole range of other principles described as "evolutionary", which allowed change to Roman Catholic dogma...
  
  , or evolution of dogma, the idea that certain fundamental Catholic dogmas can change with time
• Sociocultural evolution
  Sociocultural evolution
  Sociocultural evolution is an umbrella term for theories of cultural evolution and social evolution, describing how cultures and societies have changed over time...
  
  , term for theories describing how cultures and societies have developed over time
• Software evolution
  Software evolution
  Software evolution is the term used in software engineering to refer to the process of developing software initially, then repeatedly updating it for various reasons.-General introduction:...
  
  
• Spiritual evolution
  Spiritual evolution
  Spiritual evolution is the philosophical, theological, esoteric or spiritual idea that nature and human beings and/or human culture evolve, extending from the established cosmological pattern or ascent, or in accordance with certain pre-established potentials...
  
  , the philosophical, theological, esoteric or spiritual idea that nature and human beings and/or human culture evolve along a predetermined cosmological pattern or ascent, or in accordance with certain pre-determined potentials
• Stellar evolution
  Stellar evolution
  Stellar evolution is the process by which a star undergoes a sequence of radical changes during its lifetime. Depending on the mass of the star, this lifetime ranges from only a few million years to trillions of years .Stellar evolution is not studied by observing the life of a single...
  
  , the development of stars
• Technological evolution
  Technological evolution
  Technological evolution is the name of a science and technology studies theory describing technology development, developed by Czech philosopher Radovan Richta.-Theory of technological evolution:...
  
  
• Theistic evolution
  Theistic evolution
  Theistic evolution or evolutionary creation is a concept that asserts that classical religious teachings about God are compatible with the modern scientific understanding about biological evolution...
  
  , the general opinion that classical religious teachings about God and creation are compatible with some or all of the modern scientific understanding about biological evolution
• Time evolution
  Time evolution
  Time evolution is the change of state brought about by the passage of time, applicable to systems with internal state . In this formulation, time is not required to be a continuous parameter, but may be discrete or even finite. In classical physics, time evolution of a collection of rigid bodies...
  
  , change of state brought about by the passage of time
• Universal evolution
  Universal evolution
  Universal evolution is a theory of evolution formulated by Pierre Teilhard de Chardin and Julian Huxley that describes the gradual development of the Universe from subatomic particles to human society, considered by Teilhard as the last stage...
  
  , views on cosmological development