Once man came to be seen as developing in the process of evolution, the idea of a substance which is contained in his essence seemed untenable.

一旦人类被看作是在进化过程中发展起来的，那么“人类是包含在他的本质中的一种物质”的观点似乎就站不住脚了。

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Urban environments can speed up the process of evolution.

城市环境能够加速进化过程。

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Since this ability is instinctive, it is an ability that humans acquired through competition for survival and the process of evolution.

这是本能，是人类通过生存竞争和进化过程获得的本能。

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

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For him, the process of evolution involved new species gaining ground and others losing out.

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Surely human intellect, and the deliberate application of design knowledge, can devise better mechanisms than the mindless, random process of evolution?

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The concept of a keyboard cover appeared relatively soon into the design process, however, and it was mostly a matter of evolution as the all-important peripheral slimmed down and fleshed out.

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