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The descent of polymerization

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The in vitro selection of a ribozyme polymerase capable of catalyzing the faithful addition of up to 14 nucleotides to a series of noncovalently bound primers fills a niche in our understanding of the origins and evolution of life on Earth.

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Figure 1: The classic view of human evolution, and a proposed view of origins.

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