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Consisted of stable varieties of replicator molecules. ◦ Were they “alive”? ◦ What does that mean? They “competed” for survival via natural selection. Almost certainly there were predator replicators So some built enclosures (cell walls) to protect themselves
Replicator containing cells became complex Over time, they evolved methods to store (DNA), retrieve (Polymerase, Ribosomes) and process (signaling pathways) information to perpetuate their replicators They invented ways of increasing stability and eliminating rivals They built “survival machines” (us) to live in.
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