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The above shows the first of a series of three integrative diagrams on Cosmic evolution by Erich Jantsch. In his book The Self Organizing Universe, Jantsch, an astronomer and futurist influenced by systems theorist Illya Prigogine, unifies the various fields of science and human knowledge in a single evolutionary framework. The above diagram incorporates the same events as the standard cosmological diagrams such as the one shown above, except that here, following the original Big Bang (the diagonal line to the left), there is the distinction between the macro and micro scales. This distinction only appears with the beginning of the matter-dominated era. Prior to that the universe was undifferentiated, with no distinction between macro and micro structures. Following recombination and decoupling (the universe becoming transparent to radiation), cosmic evolution progresses through the convergence of macro-evolution (here referring to cosmological scale, not evolutionary theory and speciation) through the condensation of background radiation into galaxies, stars, and planets (including the abiotic Earth), and micro-evolution through the building up of sub-atomic particles, atoms, molecules, and crystals and rocks. This diagram therefore shows the "phylogeny of matter", which necessarily precedes the phylogeny (family tree) of life. MAK110729. (diagram copyright, Pergamon Press).
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