posted on Aug, 13 2005 @ 09:34 PM
Evolution of the organism will begin with the evolution of life, proceeding through the hominid, coming to the evolution of mankind: neanderthal,
cro-magnon man. Now, interestingly, what you're looking at here are three strains: biological, anthropological (development of cities, cultures), and
cultural (which is human expression). Now, what you've seen here is the evolution of populations, not so much the evolution of individuals. And in
addition, if you look at the time-scale that's involved here: two billion years for life, six million years for the hominid, a hundred-thousand years
for mankind as we know it, you're beginning to see the telescoping nature of the evolutionary paradigm. And then, when you get to agriculture, when
you get to the scientific revolution and the industrial revolution, you're looking at ten thousand years, four hundred years, a hundred and fifty
years. You're seeing a further telescoping of this evolutionary time. What that means is that as we go through the new evolution, it's going to
telescope to the point that we should see it manifest itself within our lifetimes, within a generation.