Abiogenesis is not evolution. In fact, the whole messy bit at the base of biota, where an organism (or protobiont) was as likely to share material with a neighb

Abiogenesis is not evolution. In fact, the whole messy bit at the base of biota, where an organism (or protobiont) was as likely to share material with a neighbour as to undergo any other process, can hardly be thought of as "evolution". For all intents and purposes, that part could all be frikkin' magic, and it wouldn't hurt evolutionary biology at all.