From the tiniest protocells to modern humans, our species has undergone a remarkable journey of adaptation, innovation, and survival. In this article, we take a look at the key developmental stages in the evolu
in the same way that protocells did with regard to proto-biotic RNA genes. Above, we compare idealized renditions of biological protocells with their proposed social counterparts to illustrate the parallelism
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