Phi in Physiology

To find our deepest connection to nature, we need look no further than the geometry of the human body. It is at the apex of creation, reflecting the beauty of the cosmos and embodying the order of its physics. Yet in spite of this self-evident truth, we still have very little understanding about why our bodies are shaped the way they are and how that might be related to perception and human consciousness.

The contemporary Darwinian view from the fields of biology and anthropology hold that the appearance of life on Earth was driven by chance from the molecular level up then adapted over time to survive in a hostile environment. [1] Indeed, the accepted theory of evolution depends exclusively on natural selection and survival of the fittest (with the occasional mutation) to explain the shapes of the tiniest plants and organisms up to the largest animal. [2] This theory can be summed up by the oft-repeated phrase:

If we could somehow restart life on Earth or some other planet from the beginning, it would probably turn out completely different.

But what if there is a less obvious yet universal property in nature that physically guides evolution from beneath the environmental process of natural selection? What if life is as much a function of the way atoms bond into specific patterns, as it is genetic mutation and survival of the fittest? And what if all of this revolves around the Divine Proportion?