The definition of the ‘what’ for biological evolution has been covered in a previous discussion; the definition for biological evolution is a biological evolutionary continuum – a line. However, the description of ‘when’ biological evolution began must be viewed with an initial starting point and continuing throughout until the conclusion of time.
When this reality/universe began is a matter of pure conjecture, but as the start of this reality/universe is defined as a type of evolution – the Big Bang evolved into the reality/universe -evolution began at eternity minus one. The initial point of biological evolution must exist sometime after the Big Bang. Biological evolution is a subset of Universal Evolution.
For the sake of communicating and illustration, the start of biological evolution is at '< eternity minus one', and it concludes at '>eternity plus one' which are at the opposite ends of the continuum; the '1' in the diagram is an indefinable term. Presently, the smallest '1' is Planck Time which is roughly time = 10-44. Thus, at eternity minus 10-44, evolutionary processes began. (Eternity is also undefined, but as evolution processes only occur during time, it is of no consequence.)
The foundations upon which biological evolution stand are immediately evident: biological evolution is cyclic. This is provable in that 1) the term applied to biological evolution is ‘progressive evolution’ 2) the very events of biological evolution are a subset of the Big Bang.
The cyclic nature of biological evolution equates to stating that biological evolution, to be a true reality in this reality/universe, takes place in time without coercion from outside influences to produce a better result. The Big Bang is the impelling ‘force’ for biological evolution; the rational result of this cyclic nature is the lack of evidence for new creation of replicating Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) or less complex species.
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