Life in itself most probably had occured in places with heat energy gradient (in termal vents), henceforth catalysis developed by chemical evolution and "life" just began to use those gradients more efficiently and maybe create and utilize its own gradients
Life in itself most probably had occured in places with heat energy gradient (in termal vents), henceforth catalysis developed by chemical evolution and "life" just began to use those gradients more efficiently and maybe create and utilize its own gradients