You might be interested in the little-known Chemoton model: http://web.archive.org/web/20210221212235/https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/he-may-

You might be interested in the little-known Chemoton model: http://web.archive.org/web/20210221212235/https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/he-may-have-found-the-key-to-origins-of-life-tibor-ganti-chemoton http://web.archive.org/web/20210221212235/https://www.nation... 1. metabolic cycle 2. ~~stores information~~ 2. membrane/boundary 3. template replication More recent origin of life theories (even proto-cellular) focus on: 1. periodicity/cycles 2. compartmentalization/boundaries 3. microdiversity/entropy https://sci-hub.st/10.1016/j.cocis.2007.08.008 https://sci-hub.st/10.1016/j.cocis.2007.08.008