?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Darwin's+Rainbow%3A+Evolutionary+radiation+and+the+spectrum+of+consciousness&rft.creator=Wallace%2C+Rodrick&rft.creator=Wallace%2C+Robert++G.&rft.subject=Animal+Cognition&rft.description=Evolution+is+littered+with+paraphyletic+convergences%3A+many+roads+lead+to+functional+Romes.+We+propose+here+another+example+-+an+equivalence+class+structure+factoring+the+broad+realm+of+possible+realizations+of+the+Baars+Global+Workspace+consciousness+model.+The+construction+suggests+many+different+physiological+systems+can+support+rapidly+shifting%2C+sometimes+highly+tunable%2C+temporary+assemblages+of+interacting+unconscious+cognitive+modules.+The+discovery+implies+various+animal+taxa+exhibiting+behaviors+we+broadly+recognize+as+conscious+are%2C+in+fact%2C+simply+expressing+different+forms+of+the+same+underlying+phenomenon.+Mathematically%2C+we+find+much+slower%2C+and+even+multiple+simultaneous%2C+versions+of+the+basic+structure+can+operate+over+very+long+timescales%2C+a+kind+of+paraconsciousness+often+ascribed+to+group+phenomena.+The+variety+of+possibilities%2C+a+veritable+rainbow%2C+suggests+minds+today+may+be+only+a+small+surviving+fraction+of+ancient+evolutionary+radiations+-+bush+phylogenies+of+consciousness+and+paraconsciousness.+Under+this+scenario%2C+the+resulting+diversity+was+subsequently+pruned+by+selection+and+chance+extinction.+Though+few+traces+of+the+radiation+may+be+found+in+the+direct+fossil+record%2C+exaptations+and+vestiges+are+scattered+across+the+living+mind.+Humans%2C+for+instance%2C+display+an+uncommonly+profound+synergism+between+individual+consciousness+and+their+embedding+cultural+heritages%2C+enabling+efficient+Lamarkian+adaptation.&rft.date=2006-09&rft.type=Preprint&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F5170%2F1%2FAnimal91.pdf&rft.identifier=++Wallace%2C+Rodrick+and+Wallace%2C+Robert+G.++(2006)+Darwin's+Rainbow%3A+Evolutionary+radiation+and+the+spectrum+of+consciousness.++%5BPreprint%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F5170%2F