Revisions

Because this paper represents a working hypothesis, it has a version number and date. It is my intention to update and modify this paper as I acquire new information. Also from time to time I intend to make corrections to grammar, punctuation, spelling and logic as well as changes to improve readability. The following list is a chronicle of revisions that have been made along with a short summary of what the changes were.

Version 2000:006, May 24, 2000

• Index Page: Added revision publication date and link to revision history page.
• Natural Selection: Corrected some logic and improved readability.
• History: Heavy revisions involving readability and logic. Many references to Androgity changed to references to Hierarchity or Dominaity.
• Revisions: Added this revision history page.

Version 2000:007, June 11, 2000

• Natural Selection: Postponed documentation of a premise.
• Human Instincts: Expanded and clarified the discussion of Gregarity.

Version 2000:008, July 16, 2000

• Introduction: Minor qualifications and clarifications.
• Simian Relatives: Minor clarifications.
• History:Grammatical corrections and improvements for readability.
• Futurism: Added arguments and made rearrangements for clarity and readability.
• Conclusion: Changes for readability and added new section on objective morality.

Version 2000:009, September 17, 2000

• Simian Relatives: Minor revisions in logic and punctuation corrections.
• Simian Instincts: Clarification on the meaning and nature of emotions. Corrections in grammar. Made documentation of instincts more explicit.
• The Model: Added documentation of a premise.
• Basic Processes: Minor clarifications and grammar corrections.
• Human Instincts: Minor clarifications.
• History: Life has existed on this planet for circa 4.0 billion years, not 3.5.

Version 2002:001, March 17, 2002

• Began using a new frame architecture to make page traversal easier.
• Introduction: Begun adding footnotes citing information sources. Rewrote large portions to achieve better clarity and readability.
• Chronology: Begun adding footnotes citing information sources. Revised time line graphic.
• The Model: Corrected a typographic error.
• Basic Human Mental Processes: Corrected logic: forgetting is done by the MemFac.
• History: Corrected a typographic error and added an example to the Environmentalism discussion.

Version 2002:002, July 4, 2002

• Chronology: Added a newly found source documenting experiments with human-chimpanzee hybrids.