Adaptive Inheritance Theory III

Adaptive Inheritance Theory III presents the first comparative historical evaluation of Adaptive Inheritance Theory. Building upon the theoretical foundations established in the first two papers, the study applies five operational constructs—Inheritance Capacity, Prestige Alignment, Prestige Lag, Friction Processing Capacity, and Social Decoherence—to five major historical transitions spanning diverse political, technological, and institutional environments. The findings suggest that civilizations may be understood as externalized adaptive inheritance architectures that preserve, transmit, evaluate, and continually revise adaptive knowledge across generations. The paper develops a comparative systems framework intended to generate empirically testable predictions concerning long-term institutional adaptation while establishing a foundation for future quantitative and interdisciplinary research.