stable separation from their environment assembly into self-replicating structures storage of traits in chemically encoded form accumulation of energy-storing molecules
I am hesitating between 4 options to answer the following question, which option should I choose?
Question: The current, dominant theory of the origin of life on Earth depends on prebiotic substances that developed which property first?
Possibilities:
- stable separation from their environment
- assembly into self-replicating structures
- storage of traits in chemically encoded form
- accumulation of energy-storing molecules

assembly into self-replicating structures