ABSTRACT
In Chapter 6 we found the Evolutionary Trajectory of and on the earth. This expanded the idea and continuity of evolution beyond the accepted domain of solely organic change, to include the cosmic, on one end of the time scale, and the societal and technological on the other. While the quantitative relation of this trajectory is new, the general idea of progressive development, particularly among the species, has been a topic of conjecture since the Greek philosophers. It certainly became an active area of investigation following the precisely documented evidence given in Darwin’s “Origin of Species” in 1859. Lacking reason to suspect otherwise it has been generally assumed that evolution is limited to the changes of biological creatures. In light of the Trajectory, however, we see that it still an active process though, as stated earlier, it has taken a different, unexpected direction.
