像波基斯页岩这样的化石层表明进化不应该总被看作是一个缓慢的过程。

Fossil formations like the Burgess Shale show that evolution cannot always be thought of as a slow progression.

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达尔文最初的论点以及进化渐进主义者所支持的观点是，物种的变化是持续的，但非常缓慢，增量也很小。

Darwin's original thesis, and the viewpoint supported by evolutionary gradualists, is that species change continuously but slowly and in small increments.

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缓慢的、持续的变化可能是环境稳定时期的常态，而新物种的快速进化发生在环境压力时期。

Slow, continuous change may be the norm during periods of environmental stability, while rapid evolution of new species occurs during periods of environment stress.

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Still, it wasn't abrupt, it was gradual, it was a slow evolution of the personality.

这并不是突然的，而是一个过程，那是个缓慢的人格进化过程。

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I may lose some of my previous beliefs,lose some of my previous memories, but that's okay as long as it's a slowly-evolving personality with enough overlap.

也许会失去先前一些信仰和记忆，只要这是相似度够高的缓慢进化就可以了。

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They mean rather the same slowly evolving Here is an analogy.

他们指的是同样的缓慢进化完善的,做个类比。

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