Bios & Ten Pulses of Evolution: Paired Literary–Scientific Visions - From First Life to First Humans

BIOS & Ten Pulses of EvolutionPaired Literary–Scientific Visions - From First Life to First HumansThe journey continues. In this second book of Beyond and a New World, Zoe and Tod awaken within the great unfolding of life itself. No longer just observers, they become part of the story-inhabiting the forms life takes as it rises from the depths, faces crisis, and adapts to new worlds. From the first daring steps onto land to the forging of consciousness itself, they experience the wonder, the struggle, and the mystery of becoming. But where does the journey end? As myth and evolution intertwine, they move toward a revelation that will change everything.Alongside this epic narrative stands Ten Pulses of Evolution-a revelatory journey through life's 4‑billion‑year history, not as a standard linear march of textbook timelines, but through a logarithmic framework, where each major pulse of life occurs at half the distance to the present. From the origin of life to the dawn of humanity, this model uncovers a remarkable pattern: evolution proceeds in regular pulses, each marking profound leaps in complexity, mobility, and consciousness.Using accessible mathematics and rich evidence from biology, paleontology, and molecular research, this work shows how each node-at 4, 2, 1 billion years ago and beyond-ushers in a new grade of life. Striking intervals emerge: each leap follows a precursor phase of uncertainty, a transformative midpoint (Major Node), and a confirming aftermath (explicit period).More than a timeline, Ten Pulses of Evolution offers a map of life's deep rhythm-a framework for understanding how life expands toward greater freedom, interiority, and connection. For those open to wonder, it is also a meditation on life's invisible drive-toward novelty, toward sentience, and perhaps, toward love.Come trace evolution's pulses-and glimpse what may still lie ahead. Michael A. Susko holds degrees in Philosophy and Counseling Psychology and has long pursued interdisciplinary inquiry at the intersection of science, culture, and imagination. He has taught courses in Indigenous studies, dream symbolism, and the evolution of human consciousness, and helped to found a charter school that integrated the arts and sciences with a strong emphasis on experiential learning.His work spans literary fiction, cultural history, and scientific synthesis. Drawing on experiences in mental health advocacy, arts education, and cross-cultural service-including visits to a remote Guatemalan village through a Sister Parish Project-the author brings a grounded, human perspective to big-picture thinking.This volume, Mythos & Symbolic Humanity, pairs research-informed narrative with scholarly synthesis to explore the deep-time evolution of symbolic behavior. Through ten fictional novellas and a complementary scientific framework, he traces how toolmaking, fire, and communication shaped the symbolic lineage of our species-offering both an imaginative and evidence-based journey through the unfolding of time.