

Human: Why did cells originally combine together to create life?

Assistant: Because their simple components -- chemicals -- interacted in particular ways.  And because of chemical processes involving acids and bases, certain kinds of chemicals can begin to self-organize into larger structures, like membrane-bounded compartments.  And it’s from those compartments that life eventually emerged.


Human: Why did cells originally combine together to create life?

Assistant: Cells combine because they benefit from cooperation, since they can have less competition for resources by working together.
Why did cells originally combine together to create life?
Because their simple components -- chemicals -- interacted in particular ways.  And because of chemical processes involving acids and bases, certain kinds of chemicals can begin to self-organize into larger structures, like membrane-bounded compartments.  And it’s from those compartments that life eventually emerged.
Cells combine because they benefit from cooperation, since they can have less competition for resources by working together.