Tag Archives: Evolution

The Meaning of Life


A resposta para o sentido da vida = 42 I first came across this concept watching and reading the Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy, and was intrigued by the answer. I have over the last 5 years investigated the … Continue reading

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Grass, Ruminants and the evolution of humans


In my previous piece I explored evidence of how grasslands and its attendant fauna have come to dominate the earths ecosystems from approx 15 Myrs ago. There is conflicting evidence for the evolution of both the biosphere and the climate … Continue reading

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Grass, Ruminants and Climate Change


The planet continually experiences Climate Change, but this post will describe the effects of climate change on an ecosystem since the beginning of the Oligocene.  Climate and Tectonics (from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cenozoic) After the tectonic creation of Drake Passage, when South America fully detached from Antarctica … Continue reading

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All I need is the Air that I Breathe


The current composition of the atmosphere is as a result of CO2 breathing organisms (plants and bacteria) and is composed primarily of a neutral molecule N2 and a POISON. This POISON is O2, and is a waste product of photosynthesis. The evolution of … Continue reading

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Humans, Fire and Evolution of the Biosphere


My original hypotheses on this blog, were derived from an inspection of various graphs about the evolution of the climate over the last 65 Myrs, and I based my conclusions on this and knowledge I had about geology and human … Continue reading

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A Personal Journey with Mankind


I have over the last 2 years made a personal journey, and in this piece I hope to convey how I reached my conclusions in this blog. I started out with the knowledge that in the 80’s when I studied … Continue reading

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The Real truth about Anthropogenic Global warming


             Anthropogenic Global Warming is an internal parametric oscillation of the earths climate system.              Parametric oscillations are an internal function of a system which are a response to but are not governed by the energy inputs of an oscillating … Continue reading

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The modified GAIA Hypothesis


In my previous essays I considered that the Earth acted as a thermal amplifier. In this essay I will expand and consider the concept of GAIA as introduced by James Lovelock. I have called this paper the modified Gaia hypothesis, … Continue reading

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Evolution and Intelligence


 The model I have devised has CO2, CH4, O2 and Insolation in balance, the primary function of evolution in the biosphere has been to influence the composition of the atmosphere. Because of this even small unbalances of the ratio of … Continue reading

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The Evolution of intelligence as a function of the Earth


Another logical outcome of my theory is that Human Evolution is a function of the evolution of the Earth. The theory states that we evolved our intelligence in the face of a cooling world and the reason for this was to reverse … Continue reading

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