Everything's a lot easier when you work with someone you know just about as well as you know yourself.
All I need is my brains, my eyes and my personality, for better or for worse.
Most research into life's murky origin has been carried out by chemists. They've tried a variety of approaches in their attempts to recreate the first steps on the road to life, but little progress has been made. Perhaps that is no surprise, given life's stupendous complexity.