Evolution doesn't explain cooperation

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Contents 1 Claim 2 Source 3 Responses 4 Fallacies contained in this claim 5 Further Reading 6 External links 7 Related claims 8 See Also 9 Acknowledgments

Claim

Symbiotic relationships pose a challenge to Darwin's theory, since they have animals and plants of different species cooperating for the benefit of both. Evolution doesn't explain cooperation.

Source

• Cooperation or Competition: Symbiosis vs. Evolution. United Church of God (2008). Retrieved on 2008-06-07.

Responses

1. Yes, it does. In order to better survive storms, famines, floods, wild animals, etc, early humans were forced to work together to survive - there is strength in numbers. This is witnessed in any animal that lives in packs or colonies, such as monkeys or bees.
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Fallacies contained in this claim

• Appeal to Ignorance (I don't understand this, it can't have happened)

Further Reading

• Sigmund, Karl, Fehr, Ernst and Nowak, Martin A., 2002. The economics of fair play. Scientific American 286(1) (Jan.): 82-87.

External links

• Knowing when not to cheat (March 1, 2008). This Week in Evolution.
• Xi, Ning et. al. The Evolution of Cooperation by Image Scoring in a Lattice-Structured Population. (PDF, technical)

Related claims

• Evolution can't explain consciousness
• Instincts are too complex to have evolved
• Evolution doesn't explain language ability
• Evolution doesn't explain homosexuality
• Evolution doesn't explain morals
• Evolution doesn't explain altruism
• Evolution doesn't explain art
• Evolution doesn't explain music
• Evolution doesn't explain personality and emotions
• Evolution doesn't explain religion

See Also

• Why is Creationism not a Scientific Theory?

Acknowledgments

• 71.111.66.61