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Chapter 5: Genus Homo Folder

Genus Homo

Just as Stage Four is a natural evolution of the desire to receive, its corporeal parallel, human beings, appeared through a natural process of evolution following the same principles explained in the previous chapters. The genus Homo (humanoid ape) first appeared approximately 2.5 million years ago, and evolved as all other species do, by natural selection. As with animals, hominids that were healthier and stronger survived, and those that were less so perished...

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The Beginning of Ego

Ashlag’s words quoted above mark a turning point not just in the history of human evolution, but in the evolution of the universe, as well. The (uniquely human) evolution-by-envy has shifted the very direction of evolution. Until the emergence of human ego, creatures evolved successfully if their internal organs cooperated, following the principle of relinquishing self-interest in favor of the system’s interest, and leaving the system to care for their well-being...

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