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Author Topic:   MrHambre - Abiogenesis and Origins
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03-30-2004 3:26 PM
Reply to: Message 3 by MrHambre
03-30-2004 2:57 PM


There is one very big reason for seperating abiogenesis from evolution.
The mechanisms of evolution don't come into play until you have a population of replicators. So one major step - perhaps the most difficult in abiogenesis - has to happen before evolution can even start. Some people would even make that step the boundary between life and non-life. And I can't say that they're wrong. It's as good a dividing point as any.

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