He developed the theory of evolution that life on Earth developed through the process of natural selection.

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And so in theory after just 2 or 3 steps you were in order of magnitude farther along in this counting process than I would be because I'd still be on person literally 3 or 4.

因此从理论上说,经过这样短短的两三个步骤,你们就有了分级次序，比我数数快多了,因为我才数到第三四个人。

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