Caltech Reveals New Theory on Multicellular Life Origins | Mirage News
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Caltech's new theory upends decades of consensus on how single cells first banded together — and the answer may rewrite the story of all complex life on Earth.
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Theory Briefing
- Classical theory held that multicellularity arose when cells stuck together after division or voluntarily aggregated — Caltech now challenges both.
- The new Caltech model proposes a different evolutionary mechanism for how cooperation among cells first emerged and stabilized.
- Understanding multicellular origins reshapes evolutionary theory, since nearly all complex life — including humans — depends on cells working as one.