Was evolution in effect before, at or just after first living cell?
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The concept of evolution requires more than one kind of living organism, even if that organism is a single cell.
Evolution does not consider how the first lifeforms began. It deals with the change in organisms and the concept that some changes promote a better interaction with the environment than other changes do.
It is not so much a matter of control as it is better interaction. This might mean being a better predator or being a faster prey, or just being able to use food and other resources not being used by others.
Evolution is just the name for the common-sense principle that if there are variations among organisms, the variations best adapted to the environment will survive. This always happened. Evolution itself does not explain the origin of life. There are theories about how a pre-biotic Earth could give rise to organic compounds and host primitive cells, but nothing's worked out for certain.
Try searching "protobionts" for information on the most primitive "organisms." Search "Miller and Urey" for experiments demonstrating the genesis of organic compounds from a simulated primitive Earth.
According to recent theory, evolution began only after one living cell established an advantage over others. Before that the advances in adaptability were shared among all organisms.
If you believe in evolution, which I dont, it occured after the first living cell. You need a cell to eveolve in the first place.
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