How does life arise from dead materials with no intelligent help?

[Christy (Christy Hemphill)]

@Prode

Or put it another way - how would it have been possible to have procreation of the human species if there wasn’t a mature and fully functional set of sex organs and womb [and requisite supplementary equipment] available?

Sexual reproduction evolved very far back in the history of evolution, with a common ancestor of animals and plants.

How did sexual reproduction originate and evolve?

I was recently asked how sexual reproduction originated and evolved to the point where we now have sperm, eggs, etc. The point of the question was to demonstrate that the steps required to get to our current reproductive systems are too complex to have formed via evolution. It sounded like a specific example of ‘irreducible complexity’. This question was given as evidence that micro-evolution may occur, but macro-evolution doesn’t happen. I have found some discussions online about the advantage …