北美马的进化,曾经被作为一个经典的渐进演化的教科书案例,现在为点断平衡说提供了同样令人信服的证据。
The evolution of North American horse, which was once presented as a classic textbook example of gradual evolution, is now providing equally compelling evidence for punctuated equilibrium.
但是当页面设计演化到以“宽带”的形式传递信息时,我怀疑我们是否同时也进化到具有快速消化其内容的能力。
But as page design has evolved to deliver information in a 'broadband' format, I wonder whether we have evolved as quickly as the content we consume.
因为自然选择比起健康而言更喜欢繁殖,生物的演化远不及的微生物的繁殖,病原体的进化远远快于人类。
Because natural selection favors reproduction over health, biology evolves more slowly than culture, and pathogens evolve more quickly than humans.
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