
Symbiotic Planet
A distinguished microbiologist explains the importance of symbiosis - where different organisms contribute to each other''s support - and how this is changing our view of life on Earth
Lynn Margulis is an ardent supporter of the Gaia hypothesis: the idea that due to the finely balanced interdependence of all life forms, the planet functions as a single, giant cell. She argues that no organism is a...
A distinguished microbiologist explains the importance of symbiosis - where different organisms contribute to each other''s support - and how this is changing our view of life on Earth
Lynn Margulis is an ardent supporter of the Gaia hypothesis: the idea that due to the finely balanced interdependence of all life forms, the planet functions as a single, giant cell. She argues that no organism is a...