We were asking
Does a coordinated whole change before recognizable replication-like behavior or committed morphology appears?
Flow Lenia / synthesis
Before the Replicator — The Whole Moved First
The first mega report connected the prospective whole-over-parts rise with a structural information peak, proposing that higher-level organization could precede both obvious replication and settled body form.
archivesuperseded mega synthesis
This experiment found
Two prospective measurements supported an early temporal signal, while the causal meaning of that signal remained unresolved and became the subject of later interventions.
That sent us to
The next synthesis follows the question from prediction into history-dependent future structure and direct causal closure.