Passive or Active

Question

Throughout history, with the developing of high technology, surgeries ______.

a. Have evolved b. Have been evolved

Which one is correct? I feel like the verb evolve cannot be transitive in this context so it should be active

Answer 1

You can say either!

Both sound fluent, so just use whichever sounds best in the context to you.

Examples:

Throughout history, with the developing of high technology, surgeries have evolved to be a common practice

Throughout history, with the developing of high technology, surgeries have been evolved in a way that makes them more effective