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进化
Evolution
Through the study of fossils I had already been initiated into the mysteries of prehistoric creations.
通过对化石的研究，我已经开始了解史前造物的奥秘。
Most of our ancestors were not perfect ladies and gentlemen. The majority of them weren't even mammals.
我们的祖先大多不是完美的女士和先生。它们中的大多数甚至不是哺乳动物。
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。
I think that the 'laws of nature' are also prone to evolve; I think they are more like habits than laws.
我认为“自然法则”也容易进化;我认为它们更像是习惯而不是法律。
Almost all paleontologists recognize that the discovery of a complete transition is in any case unlikely.
几乎所有的古生物学家都认识到，在任何情况下，发现一个完整的转变都是不可能的。
On the ordinary view of each species having been independently created, we gain no scientific explanation.
按照每个物种都是独立创造的一般观点，我们没有得到任何科学的解释。
Darwinism is not merely a support for naturalistic philosophy: it is a product of naturalistic philosophy.
达尔文主义不仅仅是对自然主义哲学的支持:它是自然主义哲学的产物。
I have been interested in phenomena involving complexity, diversity and evolution since I was a young boy.
我从小就对复杂、多样和进化的现象很感兴趣。
These mysteries about how we evolved should not distract us from the indisputable fact that we did evolve.
这些关于我们如何进化的谜团不应该转移我们对我们确实进化这一不争事实的注意力。
But the truth is that Homo sapiens is a sensual species. I think all species are, to one degree or another.
但事实是，智人是一个感性的物种。我认为所有的物种在某种程度上都是如此。
We humans have millions of years of evolutionary baggage that makes us regard competition in a deadly light.
我们人类有数百万年的进化包袱，这让我们以一种致命的眼光看待竞争。
We see that science is eminently perfectible, and that each theory has constantly to give way to a fresh one.
我们看到科学是非常完美的，每一个理论都必须不断地让位给一个新的理论。
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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。
Natural selection is not evolution.
自然选择不是进化。
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。
As has repeatedly been stated, the underlying hypothesis, which in a number of cases has been supported by direct experimental evidence, is that each gene controls the production, function, and specificity of a particular enzyme.
正如人们一再指出的，在许多情况下得到直接实验证据支持的基本假设是，每个基因控制特定酶的产生、功能和特异性。
Why has not anyone seen that fossils alone gave birth to a theory about the formation of the earth, that without them, no one would have ever dreamed that there were successive epochs in the formation of the globe.
为什么没有人看到化石本身就产生了一种关于地球形成的理论呢?如果没有化石，没有人会想到地球的形成会有连续的时代。
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。