ALEXANDER ZHEGALLO

ALEXANDER KHARITONOV

TATIANA GRECHENKO

Yu. Alexandrov

The role of oscillatory processes in the origin of electrographically registered rhythms has been studied. Generation of rhythms was supposed to be an attribute of every living matter. Total electrical activity was recorded from different parts of films of filamentous cyanobacteria Oscillatoria terebriformis and cyanobacterial mats comprising Geitlerinema sp. and Halothece sp. Total electrical activity was registered from developing embryos of frogs Rana temporaria and brine shrimps Artemia salina at different stages of development. It was discovered that the fundamental rhythms of as early organisms as cyanobacteria coincide in frequency range with the rhythmic activity of human brain. It was revealed that synchronized electrical activity in association of microorganisms accompanies the biosocial systems’ formation. It is supposed that cooperation, “social” behavior, of the first cellular structures gave rise to life on the Earth. The role of oscillators in complex live systems’ formation is discussed. The conclusion that oscillatory processes provide a common mechanism organizing cell interaction/cooperation to begin with a society of prokaryotic cells to multicellular organisms of highest levels of organization was drawn.