"John Edser"  wrote in message
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>
> "Peter F"  wrote:
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> > > TH:-
> > > IMO what came first the chicken or the egg - is the
> > > wrong question.
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> > PF:-
> > Nevertheless, it can't be too wrong since "the egg" is the right
> > answer. :-)
>
> JE:-
> No, they evolved simultaneously. At no
> time did one precede the other. This
> is the hard bit to understand.

John,

Autonomous cells (proto-eggs) preceded cooperative cell-clusters that
preceded still more complex chickens.

Catch my cognition if you can and care. :-)

Regards,

P
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