When British naturalist Charles Darwin sketched out his theory of evolution in the 1859 book "On the Origin of Species" - proposing that biological species change over time through the acquisition of traits that favor survival and reproduction - it provoked a revolution in scientific thought.
Look at a close up of moss. It looks like a forest.
Further,
Look at cells, just groups of proteins. Look at organs, just groups of cells. Look at organisms. Just groups of organs. Look at societies, just groups of organisms. Each step is constituted of building blocks of another. The universe is a self organizing system of complexity. I’ve bored my friends with this theory under the influence of THC but I finally feel vindicated.
Problem is the planet may not be big enough to support evolution of modern societies.