Cooperation, not struggle for survival, drives evolution

An empirical experiment confirms a new hypothesis on the evolution of life Many theories and hypotheses suggest that competition tends to differentiate ecological requirements after repeated interactions and allows biodiversity. Even if the mechanisms that allow species to evolve, coexist, compete, cooperate, or become extinct are becoming more and more understood, the factors that allow…

Evolution is a cooperative process: the Biodiversity-related Niches Differentiation Theory (BNDT) can explain why

Published on Theoretical Biology Forum 104 (1), 35, 2011 Author(s): Roberto Cazzolla Gatti [1] [1] Department of Forest Resources and Environment (DISAFRI), Via San Camillo De Lellis, University of Tuscia, 01100 Viterbo, Italy Summary: A. McFayden[1] and G.E. Hutchinson’s[2] defined a niche as a multidimensional space or ipervolume within the environment that allow an individual…