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| - Evolution, in reality, is a giant amalgam of changes over time caused by stressors or preferential mutations. In fiction, it is much more likely to be divided into neat little sections that correspond to various levels. In many cases, there will be a direction that evolution is moving toward, generally ending at Energy Beings or the Ultimate Lifeform. The Ultimate Lifeform is at the top of these levels. Since this can't happen in Real Life, let's have none of those examples. Examples of Evolutionary Levels include:
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| - Evolution, in reality, is a giant amalgam of changes over time caused by stressors or preferential mutations. In fiction, it is much more likely to be divided into neat little sections that correspond to various levels. In many cases, there will be a direction that evolution is moving toward, generally ending at Energy Beings or the Ultimate Lifeform. While it's most common for Goal-Oriented Evolution to overlap with Evolutionary Levels with "[Ultimate Lifeform of some kind] is the next stage of human evolution!" muttered by an Evilutionary Biologist about how humanity has stagnated in the evolutionary pool kind of way, it's still possible to separate them, despite how closely related the two are. Goal-Oriented Evolution, alone, just ends with some sort of supreme being, levels between start and finish un-discussed. Evolutionary Levels, alone, generally has a "next stage" that may include animals that haven't "improved" by most peoples standards. When it's one animal, or evolution is more like a metamorphosis, that's Evolution Power-Up. You can move forward and backwards along the various levels with the aid of a Devolution Device (any thing where you can only move backwards because forward won't work because evolution hasn't been decided yet, is likely doing that rare instance of averting Goal-Oriented Evolution). Subtrope of Hollywood Evolution. See Intelligent Gerbil for the way animals always evolve into sentient humanoids. See A God Am I for one end result of sufficient hopping through Evolutionary Levels. See Ascend to a Higher Plane of Existence for another. For super power inheritance, see Lamarck Was Right and Superpowerful Genetics. For cases where one jumps levels through use of technology or magic, see Transhuman. And when each generation is on a higher "level" than the previous one, get ready for some Goo-Goo Godlike action. For villains using this, see The Social Darwinist, Evilutionary Biologist, Evil Evolves and anyone who believes in Goal-Oriented Evolution. Sometimes, a creature may have Lego Genetics to skip up the steps. The Ultimate Lifeform is at the top of these levels. Since this can't happen in Real Life, let's have none of those examples. Examples of Evolutionary Levels include:
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