The prevalence of life and the uniqueness of the mind?

The book considers the emergence and development of life on Earth. The author adheres to the concept of high probability of the appearance of cellular life forms that are capable of evolution wherever there are suitable environmental conditions. However, the emergence during the evolution of the branch of rational creatures and "survival" of at least one line to the technological era is extremely rare. In the Galaxy area accessible to contacts, such a line (a reasonable person, Homo sapiens) is present only on Earth. Such a result was largely the result of a unique favorable arrangement of crisis phenomena, which fundamentally changed the course of evolution and finally led to people. A chain of these crises is traced in the book, caused by the fall of large asteroids, global glaciations, the super -long expirations of the lava, the change of magnetic poles, etc. Cataclysms caused by the same reasons are inevitable in the future, but now they are a danger of the existence of mankind. Over time, no less disturbing phenomena caused by the aging of the Earth, and then the Sun, will be added to them. In order to preserve humanity on Earth in more and more stringent conditions of existence, and after its death - in space, it is necessary to increase the intellectual potential of the personality, and for its sufficiently complete realization, it is equally necessary to significantly raise the ceiling of the life expectancy. The book discusses the ways of solving these problems proposed by science. The discussion is supported by references to scientific literature.
The publication is designed for a wide range of readers who are interested in questions affected in it.
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