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What's the opposite of the verb "evolve ?"
For instance, which word would you fill in the underscore in the following sentence ?
Organs which play important roles in survival in a certain environment evolve, conversely those make little contribution ______ like eyes of animals living in the dark. Some of them are even blind because eyes are useless in the dark.
What's the opposite of the verb "evolve ?"
For instance, which word would you fill in the underscore in the following sentence ?
Organs which play important roles in survival in a certain environment evolve, conversely those make little contribution ______ like eyes of animals living in the dark. Some of them are even blind because eyes are useless in the dark.
For instance, which word would you fill in the underscore in the following sentence ?
Organs which play important roles in survival in a certain environment evolve, conversely those make little contribution ______ like eyes of animals living in the dark. Some of them are even blind because eyes are useless in the dark.
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