141. The History Of Evolution The History of evolution. The basic idea underlying the Principia Cybernetica Project is that evolution leads to the spontaneous http://pespmc1.vub.ac.be/HISTEVOL.html

The History of Evolution The basic idea underlying the Principia Cybernetica Project is that evolution leads to the spontaneous emergence of systems of higher and higher complexity or "intelligence": from elementary particles, via atoms, molecules, living cells, multicellular organism s, plants, and animals to human beings, culture and society. This gives us a view of the history of evolution as a kind of progression towards higher complexity (albeit essentially unpredictable, with many side-tracks and dead-ends). Such an encompassing view may allow us to answer the basic questions : "Who are we? Where do we come from? Where are we going to?" (The last question requires an extrapolation of this development towards the future Although the growth of complexity during evolution is not universal (many systems evolve towards higher simplicity), it appears as the most striking factor from a long-term perspective. Most of the time this complexity increase, and evolution in general, occurs rather slowly or continuously, but during certain periods evolution accelerates spectacularly. This results in changes which from a long term perspective may be viewed as momentous events, separating discrete types of organization. Each time a higher level of control or organization has developed we say that a Metasystem Transition (MST) has taken place.

142. Howstuffworks "How Evolution Works" It s a subject of some very heated debate. Check out the theory of evolution and some of the arguments against it. How evolution Works. by Marshall Brain, http://science.howstuffworks.com/evolution.htm

ComputerStuff AutoStuff ElectronicsStuff ScienceStuff ... PeopleStuff Top Subjects Car Engines Lock Picking Nuclear Bombs Tattoos ... Gas Turbine Engines Sponsored By: Categories Earth Science Engineering Life Science Military ... Browse the Science Library Explore Stuff Lidrock.com Big List of Articles Get the Newsletter Shop or Compare Prices ... Search HSW and the Web Search Google Main Science Life Science How Evolution Works by Marshall Brain Table of Contents Introduction to How Evolution Works The Basic Process of Evolution How Life Works: DNA and Enzymes The Simplest Example of Evolution The Speed of Mutations Natural Selection Creating a New Species Holes in the Theory Question 1: How Does Evolution Add Informat... Question 2: How Can Evolution Be So Quick? Question 3: Where Did the First Living Cell... The Future of Evolution Lots More Information The theory of evolution is one of the best-known scientific theories around. Try to make it through a day without using or hearing the word "evolution" and you'll see just how widespread this theory is. Evolution is fascinating because it attempts to answer one of the most basic human questions: Where did life, and human beings, come from? The theory of evolution proposes that life and humans arose through a natural process. A very large number of people do not believe this, which is something that keeps evolution in the news.

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144. Exploratorium Magazine: Language The evolution of RSS WebReference.comThe evolution of RSS. http://www.exploratorium.edu/exploring/language/

Volume 23, Number 1 Where Do Languages Come From? Table: An Example of Language Similarities Table: Global Roots of the Words 'One' and 'Two' Learn how to find the histories and origins of words. Examine words from different languages and determine which two languages are the most closely related. From 1977 until 2003, the Exploratorium published a quarterly magazine. The Exploratorium Magazine Online is a companion to selected issues of the print magazine , providing key articles and activities and including multimedia features. The Exploratorium and Merritt Ruhlen have created an informative poster, Language Families of the World , available at the Exploratorium Store Online E-mail our editors with your comments and suggestions. Or, if you have problems viewing these pages, contact our web team Exploratorium

145. A New Theory Of The Evolution Of Cooperation This site presents a chapter on the evolution of cooperation in the ambitious book evolution's Arrow by John Stewart. http://www4.tpg.com.au/users/jes999/5.htm

EVOLUTION'S ARROW The direction of evolution and the future of humanity Previous Chapter Contents Next Chapter Chapter 5. Organising Cooperation But cooperation does not evolve easily. Self-interest stands in the way. Wherever cooperation has evolved, this impediment has had to be overcome. If we are to demonstrate that evolution can progress by organising cooperation over wider and wider scales, it is not enough to show only that wider-scale cooperation delivers evolutionary advantages. We must also show that evolution is capable of organising cooperation to exploit the advantages. How has evolution got around the barrier to the evolution of cooperation? How has it built cooperative organisations out of self-interested components? And can evolution continue to progress in this way in the future, building cooperative organisations of even larger scale? Until recently, when evolutionists have attempted to answer these questions, they have focused on the obvious and simple instances of cooperation that we see around us. They have concentrated on the limited cooperation we see amongst multicellular animals such as mammals, birds and insects. It is only in the last decade or so that much work has been done on the evolution of the more complex cooperation found within cells, within multicellular organisms, and within human society Evolutionary theorists have been very successful at explaining the limited cooperation that exists amongst some multicellular organisms. Theorists have shown that there are a number of mechanisms that will enable simple cooperation to evolve amongst these animals. And they can explain why the mechanisms have produced cooperation only amongst a relatively few species. Current evolutionary theory is good at showing why most of the animals we see around us do not cooperate much.

146. Evolution Of Type :: V02 The evolution is Type is devoted to the origins of the letterform and was created by mediumbold. The evolution of modern letterforms. http://www.mediumbold.com/04_thinking/type/

From pictograms to pixel fonts, written language has evolved over time, changing in response to communication methods and printing technology. This overview is presented as an introduction to the origins, evolution, and applications of modern letterforms. The origins of written language. The evolution of modern letterforms. The elements of typographic design. The effects of new technologies.

147. Trends In Ecology Evolution Reviews, commentaries, discussions and letters in all areas of ecology and evolutionary science. http://www.elsevier.com/inca/publications/store/3/0/3/3/9/

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148. Kluwer Academic Publishers - Origins Of Life And Evolution Of The Biosphere Covers all topics on the origins of life, but focuses especially on molecular evolution and evolution http://www.kluweronline.com/issn/0169-6149/contents

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149. Spiritual Paths For The Evolution Of Higher Consciousness Resources to help people on the spiritual path. Includes section on the Ageless Wisdom. Maintained by Carole Beckham and Rick Prater. http://www.spiritual-paths.com/

150. Kluwer Academic Publishers - Genetic Resources And Crop Evolution http://www.kluweronline.com/issn/0925-9864/contents

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151. Sociobiology: Evolution, Genes And Morality About sociobiology, which claims to explain the origin and meaning of all human and animal social behavior in terms of genetics and natural selection. http://www.leaderu.com/orgs/probe/docs/sociobio.html

Academics Humanities Social Sciences Sciences Theology ... Faculty Offices Departments Current Issues Publications Conferences/Events Apologetics ... What's New Special Interest Past Features Other Sites Help LU About LU ... Feedback Navigation Site Map Site Index Advanced Search Browsing Help ... LU Home LU Updates Receive LU-Announce Probe Ministries Sociobiology: Evolution, Genes and Morality Raymond Bohlin, Ph.D. In 1981 I wrote an article for Christianity Today , which they titled "Sociobiology: Cloned from the Gene Cult."(1) At the time I was fresh from a graduate program in population genetics and had participated in two graduate seminars on the subject of sociobiology. You might be thinking, "What in the world is sociobiology, and why should I care?" That's a good question. Sociobiology explores the biological basis of all social behavior, including morality. You should care because sociobiologists are claiming that all moral and religious systems, including Christianity, exist simply because they help promote the survival and reproduction of the group. These sociobiologists, otherwise known as evolutionary ethicists , claim to be able to explain the existence of every major world religion or belief system, including Christianity, Judaism, Islam, and even Marxism and secular humanism, in terms of natural selection and evolution. E. O. Wilson, a Harvard biologist and major advocate of sociobiology, claims that scientific materialism (a fully evolutionary world view) will eventually overcome both traditional religion and any other secular ideology. While Wilson does admit that religion in some form will always exist, he suggests that theology as an explanatory discipline will cease to exist.

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