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Incipient species

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(Zool.) a subspecies, or variety, which is in process of becoming permanent, and thus changing to a true species, usually by isolation in localities from which other varieties are excluded.

See also: Species



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One aspect of SPH is that it casts the levels as developmental stages with irreversible trajectories of individuation (think of the incipient species becoming a [humanly] recognized species which ultimately gives rise to another species lineage).
History and philosophy of science by Journal of the Mississippi Academy of Sciences
An incipient species is an isolated group of animals presumed to be in the early stages of evolving into a new species.
Erectus experiment: fossil find expands Stone Age anatomy by Bower, B. / Science News
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