It is known that for any species to survive, let alone thrive, there needs to be a symbiotic relationship with at least one other. No one--individual or species--can survive for very long without help, at least on this planet.
I wonder if the work that gets done by scientists on evolution and abiogenesis is missing an important point by concentrating on individual species/individuals. When looking for the reasons as to why life began and why it evolves, it might be more fruitful to look at the possibility that multiple changes in more than one individual or species need to occur together in order to be successful, at least in some cases. Maybe that's a part of the reason why it takes so long for evolutionary changes to occur and why it took so long for life to begin.
A single change in one individual or one species can surely be propagated to others and remain. But, looking at the effects of those changes on relationships with outside groups might provide more accurate and detailed answers to some of the remaining questions about how life not only got started but how it kept going once the right mix of cooperatively existing species was achieved--until the next change(s) that stuck around came along.
I wonder if the work that gets done by scientists on evolution and abiogenesis is missing an important point by concentrating on individual species/individuals. When looking for the reasons as to why life began and why it evolves, it might be more fruitful to look at the possibility that multiple changes in more than one individual or species need to occur together in order to be successful, at least in some cases. Maybe that's a part of the reason why it takes so long for evolutionary changes to occur and why it took so long for life to begin.
A single change in one individual or one species can surely be propagated to others and remain. But, looking at the effects of those changes on relationships with outside groups might provide more accurate and detailed answers to some of the remaining questions about how life not only got started but how it kept going once the right mix of cooperatively existing species was achieved--until the next change(s) that stuck around came along.
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