Something of interest may be the Cambrian explosion (it wasn't mentioned yet in this topic). It is a period of the early earth ~530 million years ago in which
all the basic structures of life forms of earth
suddenly appeared on earth.
(2020)
The Cambrian Explosion Mystery: Fossils still say no to Darwin
In the Cambrian Explosion, all the major animal groups first appear as fossils. They appear suddenly, fully-formed, and functional, and the older rock layers below them contain no ancestors.
https://www.icr.org/article/the-fossils ... -explosion
It was known and unexplainable during Darwin's time but he said that science would find the 'missing'
transition fossils.
Until today, those transition fossils haven't been found which may indicate that the evolution theory isn't valid.
Another clue that Darwin's evolution theory is invalid may be what is named carcinization. In nature, crustacean animals keep evolving into asymmetrical crab-form with one big claw and a smaller claw, and many features that are specific to crab-form. It received its own name:
carcinization.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carcinisation
According to Greek philosopher
Plato, kind or form (e.g. specie) is of substance separate from individual life forms.
Plato wrote:According to Plato, an individual dog, Fido, for example, since he is not 'dog as such', but only a dog, is not fully real. To be fully real, Fido would need to be the universal essence, "Dog in himself", existing in a separate world of universal Essences (subsisting forms, or Ideas).
Since Fido is merely a dog, he is not fully real; its reality is merely a participation in the reality of the universal essence. Hence, he is merely a shadow (albeit a real shadow) of the "really" Real, the separated Form, or Idea, existing in the World of Ideas.
A recent study discovered that all particles in the Universe are entangled by 'kind'. This would have implications for physical reality as a whole and it may provide a substantiation for Plato's ideas.
(2020)
Is nonlocality inherent in all identical particles in the universe?
The photon emitted by the monitor screen and the photon from the distant galaxy at the depths of the universe seem to be entangled only by their identical nature. This is a great mystery that science will soon confront.
https://phys.org/news/2020-03-nonlocali ... verse.html
Another indication that the development of life forms may be caused by an other factor than random natural selection is a recent study that showed a correlation between supernovae explosions and an explosion of life forms on earth.
(2022)
Supernovae and life on Earth appear closely connected
A remarkable link between the number of nearby exploding stars, called supernovae, and life on Earth has been discovered.
https://phys.org/news/2022-01-supernova ... earth.html
There is an indication that life on earth may be tied to Solar-neutrino energy from the
Sun. In a Supernovae explosion, 99% of a stars energy is released into the Universe in the form of neutrinos. It may not have been considered or investigated yet, but perhaps the link between supernovae and life on earth may be neutrinos.
In the concept that Solar-neutrino energy is the source of life on Earth, it would be a 'topical' source of life.
Philosopher
William James, the father of American psychology mentioned the following about the mind in The Principles of Psychology:
"
all that is able to be affirmed is that it [mind] is something that: perceives, reflects, remembers, imagines and wills but what it is that exerts these energies is unknown"
The mentioned characteristic properties of mind are the same for intelligence or life in general. When it can be said that those characteristics require energy, then perhaps Solar-neutrino energy is a potential source of life.
Many people find it difficult to comprehend that Solar-neutrino energy from the
Sun is reaching the inside and dark side of Earth.
Even while knowing that neutrinos are so tiny that they can pass straight through the core of stars, people have a difficulty with visualizing that they themselves are bathing in a continuous stream of Solar-neutrino energy at all times, including after sunset.
On Earth's region around the Sun, it is estimated that 10 trillion neutrinos travel through every square centimeter of space per second. This includes underground, on the dark side of Earth and in the center of the Earth.
When Solar-neutrino energy is the origin of life on Earth, life could be bound to a region around a star. This could help explain why the Universe is not crowded with
alien activity.