Glycerin molecules mixed with other molecules can clump together to make stable gels {coascervate}| [1926]. Other molecules can enter, interact inside, and leave.
Nucleic acid and protein can combine. Perhaps, dissolved genes in early oceans evolved to make genes with protein shells {proto-virus}. Proto-viruses can acquire lipid layers, making micelles. Proteins can embed in lipids, to make cell membranes. Food can pass from seawater into simple cells. Chemosynthesis can evolve. Simple cells can replicate. Later, photosynthesis can evolve.
Perhaps, RNAs had genetic codes, were enzymes, and formed structures {RNA world}. RNAs folded and unfolded to perform functions.
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