《自達爾文以來》講了“進化”這個概念。達爾文自己並不用這個概念，他只是在《物種起源》的最後一段才用到這個詞，而且是作為權宜性對比才這樣用的，他自己的用法是“帶有改變的繼承（descent with modification） ”。自然選擇本身就是對環境的適應，並沒有從低到高的方向性，並不代表進步。從“帶有改變的繼承”到進化，人們保留了人類的中心地位，保留了世界觀（進化論最初是為了與關於上帝的信仰相
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