Complex sentence: In these works Steiner had claimed that evolution of the species proceeds in the opposite way to that presented by the Darwinian point of view: instead of humans evolving from animals, Steiner had claimed animals "devolve" from humans.
Split into simpler sentences: In these works Steiner had claimed that evolution of the species proceeds in the opposite way to that presented by the Darwin. Instead of humans evolving from animals, Steiner had claimed animals "devolve" from humans.