Evolution is clearly a two way process. Form clearly evolves over time and the consciousness which expresses through (or is created by) that form evolves also.
The conventional, materialistic view is that form evolves through the process of natural selection and that this evolution of form invariably effects the consciousness that is expressed by that form. Obviously, not all variations in form will effect consciousness, but certainly any affecting the nervous system, and particularly the brain, will.
The driver in this view of the evolution of consciousnes is any alteration in form- leading to the alteration in consciousness- which enhances the ability of the living being to survive, reproduce, and raise young that also survive and reproduce and pass on the altered genetic structure that alters consciousness to their progeny.
In this view, any change in form which results in an alteration in consciousness which does not impact positively on the likelihood of physical survival and reprodution will not be likely to last.
In this materialistic view changes in physical form caused by genetic mutation and "screened" by the law of natural selection will be the driving force of changes in consciousness rather than changes in social factors, for example.
(to be continued)
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