Evolutionary Systems and Society: A General Theory of Life, Mind, and CultureThis work is a bold new effort to embrace all aspects of life--molecular, cellular, behavioral, and cultural--within the formulation of a general theory of evolution that extends classical Darwinian theory to include human society. |
Contents
Molecular Evolution | 25 |
The Evolution of Multicellular Organisms | 78 |
The Evolution of Ecosystems | 86 |
Some Unsolved Problems of the Evolutionary Theory and | 95 |
Adaptation fitness and selection | 101 |
Creative and negative selection at various organizational | 108 |
Cultural Evolution | 148 |
Fundamental Laws of the Evolutionary Process | 190 |
Appendix 1 | 201 |
György Kampis | 216 |
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Common terms and phrases
activity adaptive amino acids animal appearance artifacts autocatalytic autogenesis autogenetic model behavior biological biosphere brain building blocks changes characterized chimpanzees cognitive space compartments competitive selection complex components compounds concept connected constraints convergence created Csányi cultural evolution cultural machines cyanobacteria definition ecosystems effects emergence energy flow entropy environment enzymes equilibrium eukaryotes evolutionary evolved example existence factors formation formed functional information gene duplication genes genetic genome global higher level human ideas identical replication important increase individual influence information content interactions Kampis level of organization macroevolution mechanisms mental molecular molecules multicellular organisms mutations nervous system neural neurons niche nucleotides ontogenesis organizational levels origin parameters parametric information phase phenomena photosynthesis physical population possible probability of genesis produced prokaryotes proteins protocultural reactions replicative information replicative selection reproduction role sequences social societies species stabilizing selection stable stimuli structures supercycles synthesis system precursor theory thermodynamic tion traits various zero-system