The Modern Synthesis of Evolution with Genetics

In the beginning, there was only chemistry on the Earth. There were no minds, no creativity, and no intention. Nevertheless, once self-replicating chemicals had a chance to arise, there would have been an automatic tendency for more successful variants to increase in frequency at the expense of less successful variants. Success in chemical replicators is simply synonymous with frequency in circulation. A successful replicator molecule will be one that has what it takes to get duplicated. DN...