How come cells are alive, but the pieces that make up them aren’t?
In: Biology
This concept is called “emergence”, it basically says that if you put a bunch of simple things together, it can create something new with properties that the individual does not. Proteins and organic molecules are not alive, but cells are. This extends to larger scales – a single ant can’t do much on its own, but together with a colony they can create large burrows, take down huge enemies, and intelligently search for food as a group.
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