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Originally Posted by CraigS
Here ya go Bojan … this one mixes it all up and turns a common understanding of aggression/competitive behaviour in Evolution, on its ear (I had to read it a few times to get how it works .. its all news to me as well) … 
Bacteria develop restraint for survival in a rock-paper-scissors community
and the caveat …
So, from this, it looks like maybe my idea of living symbiotically amongst other species, would only work where migration is limited (by lack of inter-stellar travel capability). By staying put here on Earth, (as Bert suggests), we may actually improve our longevity !! If we intend to travel, we need to 'bulk-up' and get super aggro ! 
Very interesting, eh ?
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That's in a rather restricted community/environment within a rather primitive species that interacts on a very basic level with everything surrounding it. Applying it to more advanced communities and species organisations (except on the most base level) would be erroneous. There interactions between individuals and groups at this level is far more complex.