Molecular selection in the roots of evolved life and mind

Abstract

The proteinoid model for the emergence of cellular life in a stepwise evolution has been extended. The properties of the resultant laboratory protocell have been further catalogued. These include syntheses of peptide and intemucleotide bonds, which thus provide an explanation of locale for the emergence of the coded genetic mechanism. Other properties found include arrays of activities of the bioelectrical type, which suggest an investigatable component of consciousness. Throughout the sequence from amino acids to electrically active protocell, molecular selection is manifest as nonrandom reactions and interactions.

Molecular selection in a unified evolutionary sequence

“…This outstanding phenomenon is cellular excitability. The relationship of protolife to protomind [6] is through these phenomena a subject for experimental investigation [5].…”

“…1,2]. Such discussion has been included in this journal [3,4] with reports of experiments considered relevant to this relationship [5]. The significance of quantum science to mind and matter has been discussed HI.…”