They would use neither those terms nor those concepts, since Darwinians do not believe in higher and lower forms. :) As opposed to later and earlier forms. To talk about such things you have to drag in something extrinsic to biology, just as to talk about better or worse forms of social organization you have to drag in something extrinsic to them, such as that morality thing some people don't like talking about.
----- Original Message ---- From: James Heartfield <Heartfield at blueyonder.co.uk> What Marx means is that it is easier to uncover the course of development from the starting point of the higher form, to see the important features in the lower (not that modern day Darwinians would use those terms). It wasn't actually a discussion of biology, but a biological analogy to explain the development of forms of property relations.
Far from being bullshit, it is rather good, as long as it is understood to describe the process of research, not the actual development itself.
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