Metabolism first?

I am not sure if you can have a living organism without
both metabolism and something a /lot/ like replication -
but this recent paper concludes that there is no
substantive evidence for a 'metabolism first' mechanism
for life's emergence:

"Causation and the origin of life. Metabolism or replication first?"

- http://cat.inist.fr/?aModele=afficheN&cpsidt=15525075
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