SECTION 3.
  BIOLOGICAL BASES FOR THE STUDY OF THE EVOLUTION OF LIFE IN THE UNIVERSE
Darwinian dynamics and biogenesis
Jesus Alberto Leon

Evolution of adaptive systems
Hernán J. Dopazo

Contemporary controversies within the framework of the revolutionary theory
Alicia Massarini

Molecular Biology and the reconstruction of microbial phylogenies: des liaisons dangereuses?
A. Becerra, E. Silva, L. Lloret, S. Islas, A.M. Velasco and A. Lazcano

SECTION 4.
 
STUDY OF LIFE IN THE SOLAR SYSTEM
Astrobiology and the ESA Science Programme
Willem Wamsteker and Augustin Chicarro

The chemical composition of comets
Humberto Campins

SECTION 5.
 
ORIGINS OF COGNITIVE SYSTEMS
Information, life and brains
Juan G. Roederer

The origin of the neuron: The first neuron in the phylogenetic tree of life
Raimundo Villegas, Cecilia Castillo and Gloria M. Villegas

Origin of Synapses: A scientific account or the story of a hypothesis
Ernesto Palacios-Prü

Origins of language: The evolution of human speech
M.E. Medina-Callarotti

SECTION 6.
 
PHILOSOPHICAL IMPLICATIONS OF THE SEARCH FOR EXTRATERRESTRIAL LIFE
Astrophysics and Meta-Technics
Ernesto Mayz Vallenilla

Deeper Questions: The search for darwinian evolution in our solar system
Julian Chela-Flores