Gaia hypothesis: Earth's self-perpetuating organisms
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•Mass extinctions make life 'bounce back stronger,' controversial study suggests
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Gaia theory says Earth behaves like a self-perpetuating organism.
A new study suggests that large-scale perturbations are a mechanism by which life has become more complex.
The findings could help planetary scientists narrow their search for life beyond Earth , the authors say.
The study was published in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society .
The idea that life eventually destroys itself by spurring its own extinction events contradicts the findings of the authors' modeling experiments.
The results could help scientists narrow their search for extraterrestrial life, the authors say.
Mayne : "Our idealized work does run against the Medea hypothesis".
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