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Programme January 7th - Oxford 2026 Evolution Conference

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Biological Relativity and the Biomedical Sciences Natural Genetic Engineering, Biogenesis, and Reticulate Evolution Epigenetics and Directed Evolution of Complex Systems Paradigms and Narratives of Evolution Cognition, Teleonomy, Agency, and Consciousness Learning and Intelligence Across and Beyond Life 09h00 Opening by Denis Noble & Nathalie Gontier THEME: Biological Relativity and the Biomedical Sciences 9h15 Denis Noble (Onsite) Biological Relativity and its Implementation in Theories of Evolution The Principle of Biological Relativity states simply that there is no privileged level of causation in living systems. Rather, there are multiple levels of organisation. We can be sure of that because no solutions to the equations of motion in any system can be solved without knowledge of the boundary conditions. Cells alone form many of those boundary conditions, independent of genomes. So do tissues, organs, and systems of the body. The Principle of Biological Relativity is therefore a

Programme The conference is organized around the following six themes, spanning the three conference days: Biological Relativity and the Biomedical Sciences Natural Genetic Engineering, Biogenesis, and Reticulate Evolution Epigenetics and Directed Evolution of Complex Systems Paradigms and Narratives of Evolution Cognition, Teleonomy, Agency, and Consciousness Learning and Intelligence Across and Beyond Life Wednesday January the 7th, 2026 09h00 Opening by Denis Noble & Nathalie Gontier THEME: Biological Relativity and the Biomedical Sciences 9h15 Denis Noble (Onsite) Biological Relativity and

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