How does endosymbiosis relate to evolution?
1 Answer
Jan 2, 2017
Endosymbiosis is a theory that explains how Eukaryotic cells could have been formed from Prokaryotic cells.
Explanation:
Darwinian evolution proposes that all living organisms are formed by descent with modification from a common ancestor or cell.
One question is how prokaryotic cells like bacteria could have been modified to "evolve" or change into more complex cells with multiple membranes that are Eukaryotic cells.
Endosymbiosis explains the origins of Eukaryotic cells by the theory that one prokaryotic cell absorbed another prokaryotic cell creating a cell with multiple membranes.
There is no empirical evidence to support the theory of Endosymbiosis. It is supported by logic and the assumptions that everything must happen by natural cause.
