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Not sure why this _should_ be surprising, seeing as how multicellular organisms began as cooperative colonies of individuals.
by pishpash 10y ago
Not sure why this _should_ be surprising, seeing as how multicellular organisms began as cooperative colonies of individuals.
- jboggan 10y agoMaybe? It's certainly the dominant theory but I wouldn't ascribe real truth to it. There are certainly species today that operate this way but there's no way to prove they represent the origin of multicellularity. There's no reason to even believe it happened only once.
- glubGlub 10y agomulticellular organisms began as cooperative colonies of *CLONES*. ftfy