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| Sep 26, 2018 at 2:49 | comment | added | Justin Thyme | @forest Which means that they evolved independent of the host. Precisely my contention. | |
| Sep 26, 2018 at 2:04 | comment | added | forest | Mitochondria were separate endosymbiotic organisms. Nowadays, they are just organelles. | |
| Sep 24, 2018 at 22:37 | comment | added | Justin Thyme | In theory, the very first single-celled organism that originally started everything could still be alive, and could also have significantly evolved. That is, there could be a continuity established from a cell living today all the way back to the original 'first cell'. But single-cell organisms have an advantage in evolution in that they ARE single cells. They do not require entire systems of cells to share the same mutation. However, they would be limited in intellectual capacity. How much knowledge can a single neuron cell gain? | |
| Sep 24, 2018 at 21:10 | comment | added | user54342 | This was a very good read, so +1 from me; however, I would like to point out that immortality isn't necessarily a contradiction of evolution and vice versa. The reason being is that a singular life form, may not be able to evolve on its own; however, two immortal beings can mate and produce another immortal being that could in fact, be mutated (e.g. different from the parents) and thus possibly over millions of years of reproduction, the right mix could happen to allow self evolving immortal beings. Just as life itself was a miracle that should've never happened. | |
| Sep 24, 2018 at 16:36 | history | answered | Justin Thyme | CC BY-SA 4.0 |