In Memoriam: Lynn Margulis (Introduction)

by David Turell , Tuesday, November 29, 2011, 01:48 (4744 days ago) @ Balance_Maintained

Sex began when unfavorable seasonal changes in the environment caused our protoctist predecessors to engage in attempts at cannibalism that were only partially successful. The result was a monster bearing the cells and genes of at least two individuals (as does the fertilized egg today).

There is an amazing similarity here between the process described and the Genesis account we have been discussing in the other thread. In the account, to provide the comparison:

Adam was a single individual which was not subject to death
Some form of division took place culminating in the existence of Eve who was also not subject to death.
Something was eaten that was not supposed to be
Only after this point is explicit mention of sexual relations made with subsequent offspring and the guarantee of death.

I just find the parallel striking. Any thoughts?

I didn't know that Adam & Eve could have lived together forever, if not eating the forbidden fruit of knowledge. Please remember I do not follow the Bible in my quest for knowlewdge.