中文翻译与英英解释

【生物学】突生进化。

emergent:    adj. 1.发出的，现出的。 2.突现的，意外的；紧急 ...

evolution:    n. 1.发展，发育；开展。 2.(气体等的)放出；散出 ...

the appearance of entirely new properties at certain critical stages in the course of evolution

Emergent evolution is the hypothesis that, in the course of evolution, some entirely new properties, such as mind and consciousness, appear at certain critical points, usually because of an unpredictable rearrangement of the already existing entities. The concept has influenced the development of systems theory and complexity theory.