18. How could coacervates
have facilitated the
emergence of life on earth?

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Coacervates probably provided a
separation between an internal an
external environment and the
organic material within not lost to
the . The enzymaticaction inside
that environment could develop
in manners increasing the
speed specific chemical reactions.
Coacervates allowed the molecular
flux its membrane to be
. Since containing different
molecules differently organized
from each , coacervates could
have promoted competition for
molecules from environment setting
out an selection.