________ | ________ | ________ | ________ | _______ | _______ | _______ | _______ | _______ | _____ | _____ | _____ | ||
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/ | -- Chemiosmosis | ||||||||||||
/ | -- Proto-Cell based on amino acids and nucleotides | ||||||||||||
| | \ | / | -- Alkaline hydrothermal vents | ||||||||||
/ | \ | -- Tiny cavities in iron sulphide rocks | |||||||||||
/ | -- Proto-Cell based on RNA | ||||||||||||
/ | \ | -- Natural Selection of Ribose mechanism | |||||||||||
/ | -- Proto-Cell | ||||||||||||
/ | -- Proto-Cell with Genetic Code | ||||||||||||
/ | \ | -- Natural Selection for Ribonucleoproteins & Genetic Code | |||||||||||
- Early Methanogen | |||||||||||||
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\ | -- Natural Selection of Dna and related enzymes | ||||||||||||