Chimeras and Consciousness: Evolution of the Sensory Self

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Index Adaptation, 11, 13, 17, 20, 31, 61, 136, 156, 157, 201, 210, 204, 215, 252, 253 Adenosine triphosphate (ATP), 23, 27, 28, 31, 141, 142, 292 Adenylyl cyclase, 36–42 Alarmones, 5, 35–43, 48, 52, 168, 291 Algae, 6, 7, 93, 96, 101–104, 111, 114, 115, 124, 127, 144 Altruism, 72, 87, 88, 103 Amino acids, 10, 23, 24, 28–32, 36, 39, 57, 113, 140, 291 Animals aesthetic zeal, 148, 149 behaviors, 8, 10, 46, 65, 116, 181, 215, 216, 227, 231, 237–239, 257, 265 biological clocks, 115, 116 choice-making, 6, 8, 245, 247 chromosome evolution, 7, 8 consciousness, 3, 13, 221–231, 238, 241–243, 247, 250 eyes, 139, 141, 146 fission events, 178–181 grooming, 239, 252, 253, 255 groups, 281–287 group selection, 72, 85, 86, 87, 89 immune system, 199–205 in food web, 146–148 microbial partnerships with, 19, 20, 47, 96, 100, 159, 166, 199–201, 211, 215 purposeful, 94, 245–249 sensation, 9, 161, 164–166 social networks, 251–257 taboo, 239 tools, 228, 229 triangle hypothesis, 76–78, 82–87 Archaebacteria, 4, 21, 45, 104, 111, 114, 414, 159, 163, 164, 166, 209, 210, 246, 291 Archaeprotists, 166, 292 Archean eon, 23, 27, 33, 38, 62, 70, 93, 99, 103, 127, 139–141, 259, 292 Aristotle, 110, 249 Art, 259–266 Atmosphere, 11, 23, 55, 92, 95, 99, 114, 117, 118, 124, 126, 127, 130, 134–140, 144, 210, 263, 264 Awareness, 1–3, 8, 9, 13, 77, 82–85, 144, 149, 221, 222, 227, 228, 241, 242, 247, 261–264 Bacteria altruism, 87–90 autotrophy, 105, 143, 202 behavior, 1, 3, 10–13, 45, 46, 49, 55–58, 61, 68 calcifying, 65–68 cells, 1–3, 30–33 circadian rhythms, 113, 114 cognition, 9, 10, 55–62 collective memory, 56 colonies, 55–63, 75, 87, 89, 162, 173 cooperative behavior, 55–58 316 Index in evolution, 1–4, 8, 119, 209, 210 groups, 281, 282 group capabilities, 5–7 and immune system, 199–207, 217 insects and, 19, 20, 186, 202, 203, 212 intestinal, 105, 210–214, 217 information-processing systems, 55–58, 240 learning, 61, 62 methylation-demethylation, 49 non-living origins, 5 oxygen-respiring, 99, 104, 209, 210 photosynthetic, 50, 99, 143 selection, 72, 85, 86, 87, 89, 98, 103, 104 self-engineered organization, 58–61 sensibilities, 3, 35, 45–52, 55–57, 119, 153, 161–165 social, 5, 6, 56, 58, 87–89 structure-building, 6, 57–60, 63–65, 68–70 symbiotic, 19, 20, 99, 143, 163, 165, 186, 211, 217 thermodynamic engines, 55–58 Behaviors, 3, 10, 13, 45, 57, 65, 68, 71–78, 81–89, 106, 116, 248 Biological rhythms, 7, 109–121 Bioluminescence, 51, 52, 114, 138, 139, 292 Biosphere, 9–11, 42, 92, 94, 99, 100, 105, 135–148, 217, 263, 265, 292 Bohm, David, 243, 263 Bonding relationships, 237–239, 253–257 Bowen, Murray, 6, 71–90 Brain chimerization, 233–240 cognitive abilities and, 1, 221, 227–231 human, 8, 9, 221–231, 234 plasticity, 233–237 reptile, 229, 230 sensation, 221, 226–229 Cambrian period, 103, 130, 132, 139, 145, 293 Centromere, 173–181, 293 Centrosomes, 21, 157, 161–164, 293 Capitulation, 76–78, 82 Carotenoids, 132, 133, 146, 147, 293 Castells, M., 259, 265 Cell membranes, 10, 12, 13, 27, 141, 160 Cells communication between, 1–3, 51–62, division, 164–170, 175–179, 211 evolution, 4, 17–21, 26–28, 99, 102, 169 motility, 45, 159–166, 211 nucleated, 4, 7, 42, 45, 46, 157–166, 211 Centrioles, 161–165, 293 Chemosensitivity, 10, 49, 293 Chemotaxis, 48–51, 60, 294 Chimerical union, 4, 7, 8, 154, 237, 294 Chlorophyll, 88, 92, 132, 133, 138–147 Chromosomes chromolinkers, 168–172, 294 discontinuity, 169–172 evolution, 4, 8, 45, 157, 167–172 fission, 20, 174–181 mitotic checkpoint control, 170, 171 split, 173–181 Ciliates, 10, 102, 111, 114, 115, 162, 166, 170, 188, 211, 294 Circadian rhythms, 111–117, 120, 121, 294 Cognition, 8, 9, 55–62, 200, 201, 205, 221, 222, 228–231 Collective consciousness, 56, 251–257 Colonial structures, 56–61 Color, 130–134, 144–149, 251–253 Common ancestral stock hypothesis, 187–190 Communication brain chimerization and, 236, 237 cellular, 9, 10, 51, 52 Bacteria (cont.) Index 317 biochemical, 47, 48, 61, 62 microbial, 5, 6, 55–62 in self-engineered organization, 58–61 Communities consciousness, 51, 52, 251...