There’s a chapter on the evolution of sexes in Nick Lane’s The Vital Question (“Sex and the origin of death”). It explores the benefits and costs of sex. If I recall the big benefit of sex is gene shuffling (allows for recombinations, ie. faster experiments). Also it apparently evolved very early (didn’t need much new machinery, benefits significant).
There’s a chapter on the evolution of sexes in Nick Lane’s The Vital Question (“Sex and the origin of death”). It explores the benefits and costs of sex.
If I recall the big benefit of sex is gene shuffling (allows for recombinations, ie. faster experiments). Also it apparently evolved very early (didn’t need much new machinery, benefits significant).