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the appearance of entirely new properties at certain critical stages in the course of evolution

: evolution conceived as characterized by the appearance at different levels of wholly new and unpredictable characters or qualities (as life and consciousness) through a rearrangement of preexistent entities — compare creative evolution

the origin of entirely new properties at certain critical stages or levels in the course of evolution, as multicellular organisms, sexual reproduction, or nervous systems.

[1920-25]

emergent evolution,

a type of evolution which gives rise to unforeseen and unpredictable forms of life contrasted in philosophical theory with a type of evolution giving rise to predictable, expected forms.