--- abstract: 'Scientists still think that biological evolution is driven by the process named natural selection. Perhaps this 19th century notion was indeed a revolutionary idea at the time when it has been introduced. However, now it seems that natural selection hypothesis most probably is wrong. It does not explain, above all, why biological organization arise in the course of evolution. I show, on a rather abstract level of consideration, that exists another explanation why this intriguing phenomenon - life evolution - take place. Here it is argued that biological organization is solely a product of self-replication.' altloc: [] chapter: ~ commentary: ~ commref: ~ confdates: ~ conference: ~ confloc: ~ contact_email: ~ creators_id: - dbalciunas@post.skynet.lt creators_name: - family: Balciunas given: Dalius honourific: Mr lineage: '' date: 2009-08-17 date_type: completed datestamp: 2009-09-07 10:17:27 department: ~ dir: disk0/00/00/66/05 edit_lock_since: ~ edit_lock_until: ~ edit_lock_user: ~ editors_id: [] editors_name: [] eprint_status: archive eprintid: 6605 fileinfo: /style/images/fileicons/application_pdf.png;/6605/1/dbalciunas.pdf full_text_status: public importid: ~ institution: ~ isbn: ~ ispublished: ~ issn: ~ item_issues_comment: [] item_issues_count: 0 item_issues_description: [] item_issues_id: [] item_issues_reported_by: [] item_issues_resolved_by: [] item_issues_status: [] item_issues_timestamp: [] item_issues_type: [] keywords: 'self-replication, competition, logistic equation, natural selection' lastmod: 2011-03-11 08:57:24 latitude: ~ longitude: ~ metadata_visibility: show note: ~ number: ~ pagerange: ~ pubdom: FALSE publication: ~ publisher: ~ refereed: FALSE referencetext: "Balciunas, D. 2009. The driving force of life evolution. Neuroquantology, 7: 176-180.\r\n\r\nBiebricher, C.K., M. Eigen. 2005. The error threshold. Virus Res., 107: 117-127.\r\n\r\nCaplan, S.R., A. Essig. 1983. Bioenergetics and linear nonequilibrium thermodynamics. The steady state. Harvard University Press, Cambridge.\r\n\r\nDarwin, C.R. 1859. On the origin of species by means of natural selection, or the preservation of favoured races in the struggle for life. John Murray, London; (http://darwin-online.org.uk).\r\n\r\nDarwin, C.R., A.R. Wallace. 1858. On the tendency of species to form varieties; and on the \tperpetuation of varieties and species by natural means of selection. Jl Proc. Linn. Soc. Lond. Zool., 3: 46-50; (http://darwin-online.org.uk).\r\n\r\nEigen, M., P. Schuster. 1979. The hypercycle. A principle of natural self-organization. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.\r\n\r\nHubbell, S.P. 2001. The unified neutral theory of biodiversity and biogeography. Princeton University Press, Princeton, New Jersey.\r\n\r\nKimura, M. The neutral theory as a basis for understanding the mechanism of evolution and variation at the molecular level. 1982. In Molecular evolution, protein polymorphism and the neutral theory, ed. M. Kimura. Springer-Verlag, Berlin: 3-56.\r\n\r\nKimura, M. 1989. The neutral theory of molecular evolution and the world view of the neutralists. Genome, 31: 24-31.\r\n\r\nNowak, M.A., H. Ohtsuki. 2008. Prevolutionary dynamics and the origin of evolution. Proc. Natl Acad. Sci. USA., 105: 14924-14927.\r\n\r\nPross, A. 2003. The driving force for life's emergence: kinetic and thermodynamic considerations. J. theor. Biol., 220: 393-406." relation_type: [] relation_uri: [] reportno: ~ rev_number: 24 series: ~ source: ~ status_changed: 2009-09-07 10:17:27 subjects: - bio-theory - bio-pop - bio-evo succeeds: ~ suggestions: This is a revised version of my previous submission. sword_depositor: ~ sword_slug: ~ thesistype: ~ title: 'The phenomenon of biological evolution: 19th century misconception' type: preprint userid: 9050 volume: ~