Not only are evolutionary throwbacks possible, they sometimes play an important role in the forward march of evolution.

进化返祖现象不仅有可能，有时还在进化的发展中扮演重要的角色。

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If the small-brained australopithecines were not toolmakers, what evolutionary advantage did they gain by walking upright?

如果脑子比较小的古猿不是工具制造者，那他们直立行走的进化优势是什么？

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Why does the fossil record not document the series of evolutionary changes during the evolution of animals?

为什么化石记录没有记录动物进化过程中的一系列进化变化？

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But what seems likely is the sort of phobias you're likely to have does not have much to do with your personal history but rather it has a lot to do with your evolutionary history.

但你可能患有的恐怖症,似乎与你的个人经历无关,而与人类进化史有着很大的关系。

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So not only is there evolutionary pressure for me to lie to you, for me to persuade you for instance, that if we're going to have a conflict- if you are threatening me " "Don't threaten me, I am not the sort of man you could screw around with" But there's evolutionary pressure for you to look and say, "No. You are the sort of man you could screw around with.

因此，不仅存在着要求我对你说谎,的进化压力，比如，如果我们之间存有冲突-,当你威胁我时,我会说“别吓唬我，我可不是吃素“,而且还存在着要求你辨别谎言的进化压力,你会说，“不，你肯定不行。

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If excluded, these groups would simply argue that the Church is not evolutionary enough in its thinking.

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It's not evolutionary, it's revolutionary.

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Turning managers into executives is not an evolutionary process brought about by piling on more knowledge.

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