Survival of the cooperative
Science | Bacteria defy Darwin by sacrificing for community
by Julie Borg
Posted 10/24/19, 03:38 pm
Scientists at the University of Copenhagen discovered that bacteria survive by sacrificing to benefit the entire community. The finding contradicts Darwinian evolution’s dog-eat-dog view of the world, in which individuals compete against each other and only the strongest survive to pass on their DNA to the next generation.