Evolution S Chimera

Scientists elucidate the astounding collective sensory capacity of Earth and its evolution through time. Chimeras and Consciousness begins the inquiry into the evolution of the collective sensitivities of life. Scientist-scholars from a range of fields—including biochemistry, cell biology, history of science, family therapy, genetics, microbial ecology, and primatology—trace the emergence and evolution of consciousness. Complex behaviors and the social imperatives of bacteria and other life forms during 3,000 million years of Earth history gave rise to mammalian cognition. Awareness and sensation led to astounding activities; millions of species incessantly interacted to form our planet's complex conscious system. Our planetmates, all of them conscious to some degree, were joined only recently by us, the aggressive modern humans. From social bacteria to urban citizens, all living beings participate in community life. Nested inside families within communities inside ecosystems, each metabolizes, takes in matter, expends energy, and excretes. Each of the members of our own and other species, in groups with incessantly shifting alliances, receives and processes information. Mergers of radically different life forms with myriad purposes—the "chimeras" of the title—underlie dramatic metamorphosis and other positive evolutionary change. Since early bacteria avoided, produced, and eventually used oxygen, Earth's sensory systems have expanded and complexified. The provocative essays in this book, going far beyond science but undergirded by the finest science, serve to put sensitive, sensible life in its cosmic context.

A human chimera is a person whose body is composed of genetically distinct cells, as if they are from two different individuals. In Chimera Evolution, when a scientist tries to save his dying wife, he unwittingly causes supernatural abilities to be birthed into their twin children. He also discovers something that puts his whole family in danger, leading to tragic consequences. Now the twins are fully grown and seeking to uncover the dual mystery behind their extraordinary abilities and the tragic murder of their parents. However, they will soon learn that some secrets are not meant to be found out?

In Greek mythology, the chimera was a hybrid monster. Similarly, bats look like they have the body of a mouse, the face of a gargoyle or fox, and the wings of a pterosaur, giving rise to this book’s title. Evolution’s Chimera describes the amazing physical and behavioural adaptations of bats, using them to illustrate the processes of natural evolution. Bats comprise a quarter of all mammals in the world and are the only mammals that can fly. They occupy every landmass and almost every habitat on Earth. They make up the second-most diverse group of mammals on the planet, numbering more than 1 270 species. And they are among the oldest mammals. They are therefore ideal for the study of how evolution generates biological diversity. David Jacobs, an expert on bats currently researching animal evolution, gives an accessible account of evolution using bats as a case study, from adaptation, competition and evolutionary arms races to the role of sensory systems in the adaptation of species. He explores why bats hang upside down, why they are so small and the diversity of their diets, from insects to blood. Based on research done over the last 10 years this book provides a review of the latest research into evolution and biology, indicates what research still needs to be done and introduces new hypotheses for testing.

A human chimera is a person whose body is composed of genetically distinct cells, as if they are from two different individuals. In Chimera Evolution, when a scientist tries to save his dying wife, he unwittingly causes supernatural abilities to be birthed into their twin children. He also discovers something that puts his whole family in danger, leading to tragic consequences. Now the twins are fully grown and seeking to uncover the dual mystery behind their extraordinary abilities and the tragic murder of their parents. However, they will soon learn that some secrets are not meant to be found out…

The Symbionts! Microscopic bio-mechanical life forms are loose on the planet. They are hybrids--an instant evolutionary leap created by the Chimera Virus, an intelligent organism brought to Earth by a meteorite, in symbiosis with the Nanites, highly advanced translation bots introduced to the Sol system by Ovek, a soldier from the galactic core.The Chimera are curious by nature and yearn to explore, constantly seeking to inhabit the strongest and the brightest the galaxy has to offerA[a¬A]and desiring to know what lies beyond. The Nanites are pleased to employ their technical expertise to aid their ambitious new associates, revealing gateways which will carry take them into alternative realms. The Chimera's psychic ability is an unexpected and welcome evolutionary leap adding new dimensions to this quest.Are the Symbionts the ultimate threat? Or are they the ultimate salvation, the best hope for survival of the universe? Only the BloodWarriors hold the answer, for these fierce Vampires, the Symbionts and the Universe itself share an intimate destiny.Symbionts is the exciting sequel to The Chimera Virus. The vigilantly vampires, Kara and Megan, are once again pitted against a band of marauding aliens--this time challenged by a species more insidious and vile than the regal Reptilians.In Epoch VII, the ultimate bad girls, the BloodWarriors, embark on a dangerous journey into the void and sink their tusks into the dark unknown.

Plants are autotrophs and sessile, while animals are heterotrophs and motile. Sessility has imposed on plants 94% hermaphroditism, 23% selfing, 3% polyploidization and 39% clonality, in comparison to 19 and