From Stars to Brains: Milestones in the Planetary Evolution of Life and Intelligence

Andrew Yoram Glikson, an Earth and paleo-climate scientist at the Australian National University, studied geology at the University of Jerusalem and graduated at the University of Western Australia. He conducted geological surveys of the oldest geological formations in Australia, South Africa, India and Canada, underpinning the effects of large asteroid impacts, including their effects on the atmosphere and oceans and the mass extinction of species. Since 2005 he studied the relations between climate and human evolution.

• 1. The Building blocks of intelligence.-   2. Milestones in early evolution.-  3. From the genetic code to collective brains.-  4. Intelligent communities.-  5. Directional thought and evolution.-  6. Epilogue—From stars to brains.