"The origin of life is also known as abiogenesis or sometimes chemical evolution.
Life is based on long information-rich molecules such as DNA and RNA that contain instructions for making proteins, upon which life depends.
---But the reading of the DNA/RNA to make proteins,
---and the replication of DNA or RNA to make new cells (reproduction, the mark of ‘life’)
*both depend on a large suite of proteins that are coded on the DNA/RNA. Both the DNA/RNA and the proteins need to be present at the same time for life to begin—a serious chicken-and-egg conundrum."
CMI