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Evolutionary Biology
A major category of sentient beings, as defined by one or a few basic but distinctive qualities, not necessarily connected by ancestry — a
biont
,
relativist
,
cycler
,
vec
,
bioborg
, or some similarly large group of varying descent.
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Evolutionary Biology
Development Notes
Text by
M. Alan Kazlev
Initially published on 19 December 2001.
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