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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
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