This article is 20 years old, but it provides some good background on David Deamer and the "membrane first hypothesis": First Cell - http://discovermagazine.co

This article is 20 years old, but it provides some good background on David Deamer and the "membrane first hypothesis": First Cell - http://discovermagazine.com/1995/nov/firstcell584 http://discovermagazine.com/1995/nov/firstcell584 The droplet idea examined in the article could be described as "droplet first" and Deamer is quoted, since the droplet model is clearly a competitor to "membrane first".