Full Genetic Code Emergence From Physics Alone: A Complete Proto-Codon & Replicator System Formed Naturally

This study presents the first full-scale simulation demonstrating the spontaneous emergence of a proto-genetic coding system from purely physical and chemical rules. No biological assumptions, enzymes, or classical origin-of-life models were used. Using high-resolution prebiotic planetary conditions and long-timescale integration (800 million years), the simulation produces: polymer chain growth and autocatalytic loops triplet-like codon pattern formation proto-ribosome structural motifs early error-correction behavior resonance-aligned coding structures fully coherent replicator-environment dynamics a 55-node high-dimensional atomic blueprint The results reveal that genetic-code–like systems can arise from physics alone through self-organization, resonance stabilization, and environmental gradients.This work provides a new theoretical foundation for abiogenesis, prebiotic evolution, and universal coding systems on Earth-like planets.

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Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
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2025-11-23
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17684511
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Origins and Evolution of Life
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Full Genetic Code Emergence From Physics Alone: A Complete Proto-Codon & Replicator System Formed Naturally

Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Origins and Evolution of Life
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Full Genetic Code Emergence From Physics Alone: A Complete Proto-Codon & Replicator System Formed Naturally

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Abstract

This study presents the first full-scale simulation demonstrating the spontaneous emergence of a proto-genetic coding system from purely physical and chemical rules. No biological assumptions, enzymes, or classical origin-of-life models were used. Using high-resolution prebiotic planetary conditions and long-timescale integration (800 million years), the simulation produces: polymer chain growth and autocatalytic loops triplet-like codon pattern formation proto-ribosome structural motifs early error-correction behavior resonance-aligned coding structures fully coherent replicator-environment dynamics a 55-node high-dimensional atomic blueprint The results reveal that genetic-code–like systems can arise from physics alone through self-organization, resonance stabilization, and environmental gradients.This work provides a new theoretical foundation for abiogenesis, prebiotic evolution, and universal coding systems on Earth-like planets.

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