The so-called two-stage process is not two-stage at all. It is really just one single continuous process. If true that statement has quite profound consequences. First it must mean that hidden within Darwin’s theory of evolution—biological in formulation and application—a more fundamental, broader principle is at work, which must necessarily incorporate prebiotic systems, which by definition would be classified as non-living. In this chapter, I will attempt to justify the one-process assumption and explore some of its implications.
