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进化
Evolution
The theory of evolution by cumulative natural selection is the only theory we know of that is in principle capable of explaining the existence of organized complexity.
累积自然选择进化理论是我们所知道的唯一一个理论上能够解释有组织复杂性存在的理论。
At a minimum, in explaining evolutionary pathways through time, the constraints imposed by history rise to equal prominence with the immediate advantages of adaptation.
至少，在解释贯穿时间的进化路径时，历史施加的约束与适应的直接优势同等重要。
First, Darwinian theory tells us how a certain amount of diversity in life forms can develop once we have various types of complex living organisms already in existence.
首先，达尔文理论告诉我们，一旦我们已经有了各种类型的复杂生物体，一定数量的生命形式的多样性是如何发展的。
In our case, finding a Lucy is unique. No one will ever find another Lucy. You can't order one from a biological supply house. It's a unique discovery, a unique specimen.
对我们来说，找到露西是独一无二的。没有人会找到另一个露西。你不能从生物供应室订购。这是一个独特的发现，一个独特的标本。
That's the way I try to live. I think it's the only way for human beings at this point in our evolution as souls, where everyone in their lifetime is going through stuff.
这就是我的生活方式。我认为这是人类作为灵魂进化的唯一途径，每个人在他们的一生中都会经历一些事情。
Creationist critics often charge that evolution cannot be tested, and therefore cannot be viewed as a properly scientific subject at all. This claim is rhetorical nonsense.
神创论的批评者经常指责进化论不能被检验，因此根本不能被视为一门正确的科学学科。这种说法纯属无稽之谈。
New gene pools are generated in every generation, and evolution takes place because the successful individuals produced by these gene pools give rise to the next generation.
每一代都会产生新的基因库，进化之所以发生，是因为由这些基因库产生的成功个体会产生下一代。
So much the worse, it may be, for a particular meeting: but the meeting is the individual, which on evolution principles, must be sacrificed for the development of the race.
对于一个特定的会议来说，这可能是更糟的，但是会议是个人，根据进化的原则，必须为种族的发展而牺牲个人。
The monopoly of science in the realm of knowledge explains why evolutionary biologists do not find it meaningful to address the question whether the Darwinian theory is true.
科学在知识领域的垄断解释了为什么进化生物学家认为解决达尔文理论是否正确的问题没有意义。
The argument for intelligent design basically depends on saying, 'You haven't answered every question with evolution,'... Well, guess what? Science can't answer every question.
智能设计的论点基本上取决于这样说:“你并没有用进化论来回答所有的问题。”好吧,你猜怎么着?科学不能回答所有的问题。
It has become evident that the primary lesson of the study of evolution is that all evolution is coevolution: every organism is evolving in tandem with the organisms around it.
很明显，进化研究的主要教训是所有的进化都是共同进化:每一个有机体都是与它周围的有机体一起进化的。
A final proof of our ideas can only be obtained by detailed studies on the alterations produced in the amino acid sequence of a protein by mutations of the type discussed here.
我们的想法的最后证据只能通过对蛋白质的氨基酸序列被这里讨论的突变所产生的变化的详细研究来获得。
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Love is a sacred reserve of energy; it is like the blood of spiritual evolution.
爱是一种神圣的能量储备;它就像精神进化的血液。
The most telling and profound way of describing the evolution of the universe would undoubtedly be to trace the evolution of love.
描述宇宙进化最生动、最深刻的方式无疑是追溯爱的进化。
The first and most important reason for its elimination is the unquestioned fact that evolution is not a science; it is a hypothesis only, a speculation.
其消失的第一个也是最重要的原因是一个毋庸置疑的事实:进化不是一门科学;这只是一种假设，一种推测。
Mr. Darwin refers to the multitude of the individual of every species, which, from one cause or another, perish either before, or soon after attaining maturity.
达尔文先生指的是每一个物种个体的数量，由于某种原因，这些个体要么在成熟之前死亡，要么在成熟之后不久死亡。
Today the theory of evolution is about as much open to doubt as the theory that the earth goes round the sun.
今天，进化论就像地球绕着太阳转一样，同样值得怀疑。
But when you are embodied in a location, in a physical plant, in a set of people, and in a common history, that constrains your evolution and your ability to evolve in certain directions.
但是当你身在一个地方，在一个物理植物里，在一群人里，在一个共同的历史里，这就限制了你的进化和你向特定方向进化的能力。