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From: "J.T."
it's just the way of things...everything is a derivative of something
else that was a derivative of something else, ad infinitum...
Spin Dr. Margulis:
http://www.isepp.org/Pages/San%20Jose%2004-05/MargulisSaganSJ.html
Symbiogenesis is a theory of evolution. It argues that symbiosis is a primary force of evolution,
because acquisition and accumulation of random mutations or genetic drift are not sufficient to
explain how new inherited variations occur. According to this theory, new cell organelles, new
bodies, new organs and new species arise from symbiosis, in which independent organisms merge to
form composites.
To some degree, Darwin emphasized competition as the primary driving process of evolution,
symbiogenesis emphasizes that co-operation can also be important to the process of evolution.
