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Full Idea
A kind, being an abstract object, cannot do anything, including evolve.
Gist of Idea
Kinds don't do anything (including evolve) because they are abstract
Source
John Dupré (The Disorder of Things [1993], 2)
Book Ref
Dupré,John: 'The Disorder of Things' [Harvard 1995], p.40
A Reaction
Maybe. We might have an extensional view of the kind, so that 'gold' is the set of extant gold atoms. But possible gold atoms are also gold, and defunct ones too. Virtually every word in English is abtract if you think about it long enough.