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It seems to me that multicellularity and the corresponding rise of complexity would be very useful adaptations in ANY evolutionary environment. They would give
by HarHarVeryFunny 2y ago
It seems to me that multicellularity and the corresponding rise of complexity would be very useful adaptations in ANY evolutionary environment. They would give the species more capabilities and help to "game the game" by creating more axis of future variation. How can a unicellular critter compete with all the varied descendant species of a multicellular one?
No doubt water temperature/viscocity - environmental factors - did provide an evolutionary pressure for some extant species, but it seems highly speculative to try to write an exact evolutionary history of what factors drove what changes.
- Avshalom 2y ago>>How can a unicellular critter compete with all the varied descendant species of a multicellular one? The prevalence of unicellular life on Earth should tell you that this is a malformed question.
- HarHarVeryFunny 2y agoYes, I suppose, although of course at one time it had been 100%. Maybe only the strongest lineages survived ? What I really meant, rather than multicellularity being invincible, was that it's an obviously beneficial direction, and doesn't seem like it would need any extreme environmental stress to prove beneficial.