==Comparison between true proteins and proteinoids==
Spontaneous combinations of biomonomers may lead to proteinlike substances called proteinoids.<ref name=smith>{{cite book|author=Wilder-Smith, A. E.|title=The Creation of Life: A Cybernetic Approach to Evolution|year=1970|isbn=0-87788-144-8|location=Wheaton, Illinois|publisher=Harold Shaw Publishers|page=55}}</ref> Proteinoids are not fully functioning proteins. As Wysong describes very well comparatively: {{cquote|Fox argues that the proteinoids he has formed have "qualitatively virtually all of the properties of contemporary protein." This may be true, but so does a junkyard by the presence of iron, glass, plastic and chrome have the "qualities" of an automobile;<ref>{{cita libro|autor=Wysong, R. L|título=The Creation-Evolution Controversy|editorial=Inquiry Press|ubicación=Midland, Michigan|página=226|ano=1976|isbn=0-918112-02-8}}</ref>}} The following table illustrates some of the major differences:
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