Evolution seems to close the heart to some of the plainest spiritual truths while it opens the mind to the wildest guesses advanced in the name of science.

进化论似乎把我们的心封闭在一些最朴素的精神真理之外，而它却把我们的头脑打开，让我们接受以科学的名义提出的最大胆的猜测。

Evolution thus is merely contingent on certain processes articulated by Darwin: variation and selection.

因此，进化仅仅依赖于达尔文阐明的某些过程:变异和选择。

For the first time in human evolution, the individual life is long enough, and the cultural transformation swift enough, that the individual mind is now a constituent player in the global transformation of human culture.

在人类进化中，个体生命第一次足够长，文化转型也足够快，以至于个体意识现在成为了全球人类文化转型的一个组成部分。

Hominid and human evolution took place over millions and not billions of years, but with the emergence of language there was a further acceleration of time and the rate of change.

原始人类和人类的进化经历了数百万年而不是数十亿年，但随着语言的出现，时间和变化速度进一步加快。

I encourage people who don't believe in evolution to look for horses in Jurassic Solenhofen limestone.

我鼓励那些不相信进化论的人去寻找侏罗纪索伦霍芬石灰岩中的马。

In a revolution, as in a novel, the most difficult part to invent is the end.

在一场革命中，就像在一部小说中一样，最难创造的是结局。

In fact, death seems to have been a rather late invention in evolution. One can go a long way in evolution before encountering an authentic corpse.

事实上，死亡似乎是进化中一个相当晚的发明。在遇到一具真正的尸体之前，人类可以在进化过程中走很长的路。

In the evolution of mankind there has always been a certain degree of social coherence.

在人类的进化过程中，始终存在着一定程度的社会一致性。

Learn about the world, the way it works, any kind of science and anthropology, it's really an interesting place we live in. Evolution is a really fantastic idea, even more than the idea of God I think.

了解这个世界，了解它的运作方式，了解任何科学和人类学，这是我们生活的一个非常有趣的地方。进化是一个非常奇妙的想法，甚至比上帝的想法更奇妙。

Music is one of those things that is constantly going in my head all the time. It's sort of like the evolution and creation of doing food, or my philosophy about wine. It's always beating in my head, so it keeps the spirit moving.

音乐是我脑海中一直萦绕的东西之一。这有点像做食物的进化和创造，或者我对葡萄酒的哲学。它一直在我的脑海里跳动，所以它让我的精神继续前进。

My theory of evolution is that Darwin was adopted.

我的进化论是达尔文被采纳了。

Natural selection is not evolution.

自然选择不是进化。

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。

Parents have a right to insist that godless evolution not be taught to their children.

父母有权利坚持不把不信神的进化教给他们的孩子。

People talk about innovations and evolutions and that kind of thing; I don't understand about that nonsense. It's like, all instruments are there to use all the time.

人们谈论创新和进化之类的事情;我不懂那些废话。就像，所有的仪器都可以随时使用。