FTP name this theory which holds that that the earth is a survival-conscious, self-regulating, living entity.
The ancestry of this scientific theory has been traced to Plato's Timaeus, Teilhard de Chardin's theory of the noosphere, and Hutton's idea of a "superorganism." An analogy with giant redwoods which are nearly 99% dead matter make it more believable and evidence showing that marine phytoplankton emitting cloud-condensation nuclei might influence weather also supports it. However the best evidence for it is still the stability of earth's atmospheric gases. It was first proposed in 1979 book subtitled A New Look at Life on Earth written by James Lovelock. FTP name this theory which holds that that the earth is a survival-conscious, self-regulating, living entity.
The ancestry of this scientific theory has been traced to Plato's Timaeus, Teilhard de Chardin's theory of the noosphere, and Hutton's idea of a "superorganism."
{Gaia} Hypothesis.