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From: mrh@cybvax0.UUCP (Mike Huybensz)
Newsgroups: net.origins
Subject: Re: Predation, Sort Of
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Date: Mon, 29-Apr-85 13:19:39 EDT
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In article <981@uwmacc.UUCP> dubois@uwmacc.UUCP (Paul DuBois) writes:
> 
> > [Mike Huybensz]
> > The hypothetical first life forms that arose spontaneously could
> > be extremely simple because they could survive in an environment without
> > oxygen, without predation.
> 
> What makes you think there was no predation then?  (I'm not saying
> that I don't believe it, I'm just wondering why you say this.)

What would have preyed on the first life forms?  In my sentence above, I'm
referring to decomposing organisms such as bacteria and fungi as potential
predators (or competitors) that would eliminate any remaining examples of
early life forms.
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Mike Huybensz		...decvax!genrad!mit-eddie!cybvax0!mrh