Properties of complex adaptive systems


Major integrative Levels of Evolution



Level/.....Event/........................Time/
Range......Entities......................Age

0..........Big Bang......................-10^10=
Physical...First Fundamental Particles...-10.000.000.000
...........First Atoms, Molecules........
...........Galaxies and Solar Systems....

1..........Formation and Solidification..-10^9= 
Chemical...of Planets (Earth)............-1.000.000.000
...........First Life, Cells without.....
...........Nucleus (Procaryotes).........
...........Oxygen increases..............

2..........Cells with nucleus............-10^8=
Biological.(Eucaryotes),.................-100.000.000
...........Multicellular Organisms.......  
...........Plants Colonize Land,.........
...........First Vertebrate, Dinosaurs... 

3..........Extinction of Dinosaurs.......-10^8=
...........Mammals.......................-100.000.000

4..........Primates,Hominid..............-10^7=
...........Families......................-10.000.000

5..........Homo.sapiens..................-10^6=
Anthropological..........................-1.000.000

6..........Homo.sapiens.sapiens..........-10^5=
...........Tribes........................-100.000

7..........Civilization:Language.........-10^4=
Social.....Settlements/Households........-10.000

8..........Civilization:Writing..........-10^3=
Religious..Religions/Societies/Cultures..-1000
...........First Nations, Sciences.......

9..........Communication:Printing........-10^2=
Political..Firms/National Companies......-100
...........First Computers...............

10.........Communication:Computing.......-10^1=
Economic...International Companies.......-10
...........First Networks of Computers...

11.........Now...........................10^0=
Digital....Internet......................1

12.........Artificial Intelligence (AI)..10^1
Artificial...............................=10

13.........Human Robots..................10^2
?........................................=100

14.........AI made by AI ?...............10^3
??.........AI Groups/Societies ?.........=1000

15.........Extinction of Humans ??.......10^4
???........Machines colonize space ??....=10.000


References : Richard L.Coren, The Evolutionary Trajectory, Gordon and Breach Publishers 1998 Complexity and Evolution Max Pettersson Cambridge University Press, 1996