Civilization as a Life-History Constraint: The Neonatal Vulnerability Hypothesis

English Abstract: This paper introduces the Neonatal Vulnerability Hypothesis, proposing that civilization is not a byproduct of expanding intelligence but a compensatory "artificial womb" necessitated by biological failure and extreme infant dependency. By moving beyond localized dispersal paradigms, it frames civilization as a convergent macro-evolutionary state triggered when instinctual inheritance becomes insufficient for survival. Key contributions include the Civilization Pressure Index (Pciv) and a macro-evolutionary parallel with the global emergence of Dinosauria.

中文介紹: 本文提出**「生理約束補償假說」(Neonatal Vulnerability Hypothesis)**,挑戰了文明起源於單純智力增長的傳統範式。我們主張文明並非一種「成就」,而是生命因應極端生理脆弱性與漫長幼年依賴期(Life-history constraints)而產生的強制性代償機制。

核心亮點包括:

• 文明壓力指標 (Pciv):量化了生理本能缺口與環境複雜度如何驅動文化外置化。

• 趨同演化視角:利用「恐龍平行演化」類比,論證文明是全球多點、非局部湧現的必然現象。

• 文明閥值定義:區分了「文化」與「文明」的本質差異,將文明定義為物種生存主權從生物演化轉移至文化演化的臨界點。