Evolution as a Process II

What is evolution if not a reiterative cycle of balance shifts between organisms, their environment, and the influence of that environment?

A reiterative cycle of balance shifts.

To evolve is to repeatedly test against your environment, measure the results of those tests, and adapt to the environment based on those results.  Then you die. 

If some of your tests proved successful, you may have been lucky enough to reproduce yourself, maybe even several different copies.  Each new replica now begins a new cycle.

Here is the big picture of the Evolutionary Process the way I see it.