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Cells that didn't grow were outcompeted. Cells that didn't replicate were outcompeted.
by Sharlin 11mo ago
Cells that didn't grow were outcompeted. Cells that didn't replicate were outcompeted.
- tenthirtyam 11mo agoThis seems the most concise and precise answer to the question of "why". At some stage, somehow, self replicating molecules appeared in the primordial soup*. Everything since then has just been improvements (or maybe complete overhauls) to that process. *How (or why) this step occurred is another intriguing topic.