Did the first living cell evolve suddenly in a single step or gradually as the result of many intermediate steps?

Gradually as the result of many intermediate steps is my answer because as life on Earth for example started off with simple atoms making molecules, and as the time went past more complex compounds were be produced. And from there later on unicellular organisms started appearing. Nothing in evolution that I know of happens in a short time, at least from the human perspective.

ability to bond woth oxygen

a axis of a graph is a color or shade so we can all go outside and have a party so we can eat   some grilled cheese sammiches and broccoli and have some ugly fun times

i don't know why i put this, i know its not the i was just bored : p

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