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Nick Lane: Origin of Life, Evolution, Aliens, Biology, and Consciousness: chapters

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  1. Origin models and vents
  2. Reactions and evolving systems
  3. Bacteria archaea and common ancestry
  4. Membranes and delivered ingredients
  5. Testing an origin framework
  6. Direction and defining life
  7. Viruses and developmental form
  8. Planetary energy and common chemistry
  9. Genetic code and photosynthesis
  10. Endosymbiosis and complex cells
  11. Energy scaling and genome size
  12. Large genomes and sex
  13. Recombination and selection
  14. Rna dna and alternative polymers
  15. History and the genetic code
  16. Predation and early ecosystems
  17. Selection and social interpretation
  18. Human brains and cultural transfer
  19. Social behaviour and neanderthals
  20. Ancestry speculation and vision