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What is the difference between adaptation and evolution?

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Adaptation is a change in a characteristic conditioned by environmental conditions, while evolution is a gradual change in biological populations over many generations, that is, it is hereditary. Adaptations lead to changes at the phenotype level, while evolution is a change at the genetic level. Adaptation can be reversible and it takes a short time for it to happen, while evocation is irreversible. Adaptation results in phenotypic variations within a species, while evolution results in the emergence of a new species.

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