THERE seems to be not a little misapprehension as to the position which those who advocate emergent evolution are concerned to defend. Some critics seem to suppose that the contention is: All evolution is by discrete steps, each of which introduces something new; therefore no evolution is by continuous advance with resultant outcome. That is not so. At any rate, I, for one, disclaim intention of saying anything of the sort. It has been my aim to emphasise the claim that what is genuinely new in evolutionary advance is of the emergent type, as distinguished from the resultant type. My claim is: Some evolution is by discrete steps, each of which introduces something new. But stress on emergent factors in evolution does not imply denial of resultant effects.

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