as Whitehead humorously notes, "they certainly did not appear because they were better at that game than the rocks around them." He then observes that the mark of higher forms of life is that they are actively engaged in modifying their environment, an activity which he theorizes is directed toward the three-fold goal of living, living well, and living better.
What was Whitehead's response to questions about why complex life evolved?
"they certainly did not appear because they were better at that game than the rocks around them."