Quantum Graph Emergent Field Theory (QGEFT) Part I: Emergent Gravity, Computational Time, and Cosmological Natural Selection

The current Paper 48 benchmark does not claim that full continuum Einstein gravity, literal baby-universe black-hole reproduction, or a complete cosmological solution have already been derived from first principles inside QGEFT. It does show that the repository now contains a concrete computational unification of three cosmological pillars. The verified Paper 43 gravity benchmark resolves an inward-bending geodesic `46 -> 40 -> 34 -> 84 -> 78 -> 108` with closest approach `= 1` hop to mass node `0` and inward deflection `= 2` hops, supporting gravity as topological geodesic relaxation. The validated multiverse benchmark then shows that whole-universe law-space evolution is non-flat: the strongest winner appears in generation `1` with fitness `3.4181`, spectral dimension `d_s ≈ 2.1363`, and maximum degree `16`, while the engine itself advances through an explicit sweep clock of `20` burn-in sweeps plus `10` measurement sweeps. The defensible conclusion is therefore that QGEFT can already encode gravity, computational time, and cosmological natural selection as different observables of one optimizing graph substrate.