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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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PREFACE
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INTRODUCTION
SCIENCE AND CHURCH
SCIENCE AND REASONING
SCIENCE, MORALS AND ETHICS
AN INTRODUCTION FOR THE BEGINNER
PREAMBLE
THE LAW OF INSTABILITY
THE LAW OF ACTUALISM
THE LAW OF COMBINATORIAL OUTCOME
CHAPTER ONE
LIFE AS A NATURAL STAGE IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF MATTER
THE SCALE OF TIME AND SPACE
THE ORIGIN OF LIVING SYSTEMS
The pre-biologic stage
The proto-biologic stage
The cellular stage
DEVELOPMENT OF METABOLIC PATHWAYS
CHAPTER TWO
THE EVOLUTIONARY PROCESSES CONTROLLED BY THE CELL
WHAT DETERMINES PHYSICAL APPEARANCE?
The mechanism of cell replication
Protein production
THE CONTROLS ON DIVERSITY
Alleles variants
THE ORIGIN OF VARIATION
SURVIVAL OF VARIANTS IN A POPULATION
DOMINATING VARIANTS
EXTINCTION
CHAPTER THREE
THE CONCEPT OF A SPECIES
WHAT IS A SPECIES?
RATES OF EVOLUTION
Stasigenesis
Orthogenesis
Anagenesis
Typogenesis
HOW NEW SPECIES ARISE: CLADOGENESIS
Phase of stabilization
Phase of eruption
Phase of disruption
Phase of divergence
APPROACHES TO DATING A PHYLOGENY
Mitochondrial DNA lineages
Autosomal chromosome lineages
Sex chromosome lineages
CHAPTER FOUR
HUMANKIND
ORIGINS
GENETIC EVIDENCE FOR HOMINI EVOLUTION
EVOLUTION OF THE CULTURAL GAMODEME
PART 2
THE SOURCE OF HUMANITY
MAINTAINING POTENTIAL
WHAT IS HUMANITY?
WHAT IS RACE?
CHAPTER FIVE
PHYLOGENY OF THE CULTURAL GAMODEME
THE CULTURAL IMPERATIVE
ARCHAEOSOCIETY
Migration by population pressure
PROTOSOCIETY
EUSOCIETY
The raise of monotheism and empire
CHAPTER SIX
THE SOCIAL PRESENT
The raise of reason
THE EFFECT OF POPULATION GROWTH
THE EFFECT OF CORPORATE WORLD
THE EFFECT OF INTERNAL CONFLICT
Sins of the Fathers
Shades of Shakespeare
THE EFFECT OF EXTERNAL CONFLICT
CHAPTER SEVEN
THE SOCIAL FUTURE
GLOBALISATION AND THE SOCIAL FUTURE
EDUCATION: THE LAMARCKIAN THREAD
Maintaining meritocracy
POPULATION PRESSURE
How can society be structured in a fair and equitable manner?
Who shall live and who shall die?
Euthanasia
Eugenics
GENETIC INTERVENTIONS
Disease, and the deterioration of the body
Aging, senescence and life extension
The possibility of near immortality
THE KNOWLEDGE QUEST
Emergence
Temporal knowledge
Transforming Terra
PART 3
THE FUTURE OF HUMANITY
CHAPTER EIGHT
PHYLOGENETIC DESCENDANTS
MODIFICATION BY THE CELL
MODIFICATION BY THE ORGANISM
HOMO COSMOS
HOMO ROBOTICUS
Consciousness in a manufactured biological body
Consciousness in a manufactured mechanical body
Consciousness in a hybrid bio-mechanical body
Mind transportation
ROBOTICO EARTHENSIS
Understanding consciousness
CHAPTER NINE
THE MOON, MARS, AND BEYOND
COLONISING THE SOLAR SYSTEM
Colonization of the Moon
Colonization of Mars
Colonization of Europa
BEYOND THE SOLAR SYSTEM
Space liners
WILL THE UNIVERSE BE OURS?
Seeking “that which creates”
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
LIST OF TABLES
LIST OF TEXT FIGURES
LIST OF PHOTOSERIES
ENDNOTES
INDEX
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