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Abstract:
How did consciousness evolve? Either consciousness is present
in all living systems, or it emerged at some point in the
evolution of life on earth. If consciousness emerged through
evolution by natural selection, then either it was selected for
as an adaptive feature, or it emerged as the byproduct of other
adaptive features. The dominant view is that consciousness is
itself an adaptive feature, playing a crucial functional
role.
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