A niche construction-based perspective on chemical evolution before replication and reproduction

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  2025

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  bioRxiv

• Publication date

  2025-08-01

• Fields of study

  Biology, Philosophy, Chemistry

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  DOI 10.1101/2025.07.29.667458
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