The Marvelous Story of Man

The Marvelous Story of Man (and Woman) coming into Existence on Planet Earth. The 3,000,000 year+ Saga of Progess toward Light.

The Paleological Record

During the 20th Century, we became widely aware of our biological heritage as Homo Sapiens. Through the work of the Leakeys, and many others, we came to know the existence of, and the appearance of, our distant ancestors.

Continuity With the Stream of Life

We are emergent from the great tree of life on earth, rather than an extraneous phenomenon inserted into the natural history of things from the outside. Our organs and biological systems are held in common with other mammals and vertebrates. The brains with which we engage in this current consideration are analogs of the brains of all complex beings, and especially of those more highly developed. Our genetic systems are much more similar to those of other primates than they are different.

Evolutionary Process

The process by which higher consiousness has evolved, culminating in the adventure between human ears, is one of progressive and upwardly creative feedback. The protagonist of modern evolutionary theory was of course the English naturalist Charles Darwin. His concept of natural selection blazed an important trail. Is natural selection a powerful enough process to explain the emergence of intelligence on the planet? Probably not. We have learned much since Darwin. There is little doubt about the fact of evolution. That doesn’t mean we understand it all. There remain great mysteries surrounding evolutionary process.