The globe graph of life quietly undermines the recurring image of progressive evolution: that of life beginning as a blob and climbing the ladder of success to the pinnacle of humanness.

• 这个生命的全球图不声不响地破坏了重现的进步性进化[9]的概念：生命从简单的单细胞成功攀登到人类这一进化阶梯的顶点。