>>14088573If you knew biochemistry, you would know how wild evolution is on molecular level.
Alternatives to DNA could easily exist as DNA is not the only substance that is able to store data.
Before DNA, RNA was likely what stored genetic information. Back then, RNA enzymes did what proteins do now which only proves that evolution often replaces old mechanisms with new ones.
Non-genetic information is stored in proteins and glycosides.
If life exist, it is likely based on organic polymers, but not necessarily DNA.
>how many other self-replicating biomachines have you discovered that work with not-DNA?Maybe because evolution reuses things that work and all life on Earth comes from a single cell?
Evolution is conservative and can't just replace the underlying base easily.
There are prions and RNA viruses though.
