LIFE’S PULSES: From Origins to Mammals
About this ebook
This first volume follows the opening five pulses of life's history: the origin of life, the emergence of eukaryotic cells, the rise of developmentally complex multicellularity, the appearance of vertebrates, and the evolution of mammals. Each chapter combines current fossil discoveries, molecular-clock evidence, and ecological context to explore when major grade-level changes occurred and how they transformed the biosphere.
Written for readers interested in evolution, paleontology, the history of life, and interdisciplinary science, Life's Pulses offers an original synthesis of contemporary research while inviting readers to consider whether life's greatest transitions reveal an underlying temporal pattern. This volume concludes at the ecological expansion of mammals, preparing the way for a second volume devoted to the primate pulses that culminate in the emergence of humanity.
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About the author
With degrees in Philosophy and Psychology, the author has long been dedicated to interdisciplinary and synthetic scholarship. His published work spans evolutionary theory, archaeology, cosmology, history, and symbolic anthropology, seeking broad patterns that connect the sciences and the humanities. He previously published in World Futures the article "The Fragility of Evolution," which re-envisioned evolution around the concept of fragility and the protection of vulnerable periods of change. His subsequent research has expanded this inquiry through the development of a logarithmic framework for evolutionary time, exploring the possibility that major transitions in the history of life unfold in a regular, accelerating pattern.
