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It is unclear how biological systems could evolve during a time of 109 years given by earth history [1–7]. Even the simplest systems that can be imagined to evolve to more complicated ones must have the property of self-reproduction, and this is only possible for systems which already have an appreciable complexity. They must have a device similar to the genetic apparatus of the known organisms, a machinery of highest skill and ingenuity. How was it possible, that such systems evolved? Can this evolution be explained on the basis of physical chemistry, and in this case is it a common process under appropriate environment conditions of a process of extremely low a priori probability?
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Kuhn, H. (1973). Selforganization of Nucleic Acids and the Evolution of the Genetic Apparatus. In: Haken, H. (eds) Synergetics. Vieweg+Teubner Verlag, Wiesbaden. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-663-01511-6_13
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