EVOLUTION AND HUMAN DESTINY 



nated to the "purpose" of survival of the entire organ- 

 ism, both as an individual and even more so as a species 

 of integrated entities. The total organism is not "con- 

 cerned" about the fate of individual cells, except that 

 of certain germ cells, and with these only because they 

 are necessary for the continuation of the organism as 

 a species. 



Now if one examines this situation carefully, one 

 will find that it is in many ways analogous, though of 

 course not identical to the integration of protein mole- 

 cules. These molecules developed through the "virus 

 stage," and then became integrated forming an organic 

 cell. Here too one deals with an integration of pre- 

 viously distinct units to form a new entity. 



In just what manner the development of protozoa to 

 metazoa took place during the evolutionary process is 

 not certain. One possible such method would be via a 

 cell colony of gradually tightening organization. A dif- 

 ferent path would result from partial mitosis. Such 

 incomplete cell fission would first give rise to two 

 celled animals, then four celled animals and so on. The 

 path of fetal development followed by metazoa might 

 be considered evidence that such incomplete mitosis 

 was indeed also the way of evolution. However the fact 

 that cell colonies are known to exist while we do not 

 know of any two- four- or eight celled animals would 

 indicate development via the cell colony as the more 

 probable method. Finally there is no reason why both 

 methods should not have taken place. 



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