PART TWO - The Emergence of Scientific Ideas and Innovations

We Stand On Their Shoulders

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Methods, Structure and Dissemination

The Emergence of Intelligence, Ideas, Innovations and Science

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Fundamentals of Evolution

Complexity, Chaos and Self-organization

The Selfish Gene and Genetic Evolution

Primates and Homo Sapiens

Consciousness and Innovation

Selfish Thoughts, Memes and Memetic Evolution

Memetic Evolution and Biological Evolution

Early Human Innovations

Early Human Innovations A

From Nomads to Farmers to Explorers

The Three Ages of Science

	The Age of Classical Scholarship
	The Middle Ages
	The Age of Reason Pre-industrial Technologies and Innovations PART THREE - Modern Science

After completing Part Two, you should have a fundamental understanding of life processes as they have evolved on Earth and of the emergence of the human species, of the concept of human consciousness and of human innovation as a process.