Ten Pulses of Evolution & the Logarithmic Nature of Evolutionary Time

This work uses a novel way to map ten major pulses of evolution between 4 billion years and 7.8 million years ago, from the start of life to the emergence of early humans. Rather than use the traditional, linear scale in which events bunch up toward the end, this work uses a logarithmic scale that expands our resolution as we come to the present. Thus, events can be spaced out evenly and seen more clearly, as well as revealing the logarithmic pacing of evolutionary events. The use of the concept of logarithm should not deter us, as being too complex to use or understand. In this case, it means that we will simple halve units to mark the pulses or nodes of change as we go from the deep past to more recent times. Thus, if we begin with the start of life at around four billion years ago, we next go to two billion years ago with the eucaryotic cell, then one billion, to 500 million, all the way to 7.5 million and the start of humanity. Come journey with us and see how the patterning of time reveals the pulses of consciousness that seem to have no end.

With degrees in Philosophy and Psychology, the author has been dedicated to interdisciplinary and synthetic work. Previously, he published in World Futures, "The Fragility of Evolution," which reenvisions evolution around the concept of fragility, and protecting fragile periods of change. Since this work, he offers this addition to our evolutionary awareness, revealing its surprising logarithmic patterning.