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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Three steps forward march!

向前三步走！

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I believe the world will continue its forward march from isolation to interdependence to cooperation because there is no other choice.

我相信世界将继续向前进步——从孤立到互相依存再到合作，因为，除此以外别无选择。

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For decades we have assumed the inevitability of the forward march of education, the inexorable year-on-year, continent-by-continent progress towards universal education.

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If conservatism is inherently a reactionary movement, ever in opposition to the relentless forward march of time, the future always looks bleak.

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The students, despite coming from a privileged group, are not that right-wing: only 25% considered themselves on the right compared with 10% left and 51% middle-of-the-road. (Don't knows and others constitute the balance.) Yet they confidently assume that the forward march of market forces will not be halted.

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