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Nicolai Levashov. Russian History Viewed through Distorted Mirrors. Vol. 1

Chapter 1. The Origin of Man on Earth

1.1. The place of man in Midgard-earth's ecological system

Man, as a living organism, occupies a certain niche in the ecological system of
Earth. In fact, this niche is not arbitrary, but the one which corresponds to the abilities
and properties of a human organism and his way of life as a gregarious living crea-
ture. Therefore, the appearance of man as a species becomes possible only when the
Earth’s ecological system becomes complex and multilevel enough in the process of
its evolutional development for free ecological niches to appear; the latter impose on
the species which try to master them certain requirements; the adaptation to these
niches results in the appearance in these species of the properties and qualities nec-
essary for the origin and development of mind.

In other words, the evolutional development of the vegetative world, as the
foundation of the pyramid of living matter on any planet, results in the appearance of
mind at a certain stage of its development. Every ecological niche imposes certain
conditions and limitations on the species which occupy it, such as: the size and forms
of living organisms, qualitative and quantitative composition of food, a certain perio-
dicity of vital processes. Only those organisms which managed to adapt them-
selves to these requirements and conditions were able to survive during evolu-
tion.

Certainly, new species continue to appear as a result of mutations even after the
completion of the ecological system forming. These newly appeared species can even
force out the old inhabitants from their ecological compartments if they (the new
species) are able to adapt to the ecological niche considerably better than the species
that already occupy it. Then the former “proprietors” die out and more progressive
species take the now vacant place. But no one ever, be it an insect or Neanderthal
man, voluntarily freed the ecological “compartments” and died. Each “old pro-
prietor” did not “move” from his particular ecological niche without fighting for it,
which is quite understandable — he will never have another “compartment” and the
winner in this battle for survival is the one best adapted to the prevailing conditions
and who has obvious evolutional advantages over his rival.

“Evicted” species simply die out, disappearing from the face of the earth for
good. They can exist only in the form of spirits which without physically dense bod-
ies are only capable of picking up crumbs from the “master's table”: feeding off emo-
tions, primary matters which are thrown out in case of stress and other situations by
those who continue to live at the physical level, and scaring children who sometimes
are able to see the spirits of these extinct creatures with their still free mind. One way
or another, each ecological niche appears to be occupied by a species which was able
to adapt to its conditions in the best way. All other applicants disappear from the evo-
lutional arena.

Let us see, what happened to the “ecological compartment” occupied by modern
man before his appearance on Midgard-earth: who dwelt in “our” ecological com-
partment?!

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