Journey through life’s greatest transitions—from symbiosis and multicellularity to consciousness and culture—and uncover how risk, cooperation, and inventiveness shape both evolution and our place within it.

SE Press: Adaptation and major transitions drive life’s complexity, restructuring organisms via selection, cooperation, and regulated innovation. Star-rated scoring, empirical thresholds, and cross-series references anchor every answer. Protocol logic ensures all claims are challenge-ready and versioned throughout the Evolution & Life series.

SE Press: Life emerges through adaptive, empirically benchmarked thresholds—originating via stepwise synthesis and emergent chemistry, defined by core functions, and scored with transparent protocol. All claims are star-rated, evidence-linked, and challenge-ready for continual upgrade.