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The problem we set is to identify the driving forces of evolution on the basis of well-known regularities from nuclear, atomic, and molecular physics, as well as biophysics. The results of new computer experiments were used to clarify the physical mechanisms of chemical kinetics. This made it possible to distinguish individual factors that direct the development of complex chemical systems toward sophistication. Such experiments make it possible to prove the efficiency of the evolutionary concept that was proposed by E.M. Galimov and to specify the conditions in which the evolutionary development of complex natural systems is possible.
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Dement’ev, V.A. The driving forces of evolution. Geochem. Int. 52, 1146–1189 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0016702914130047
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