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by sthnblllII 2000 days ago
Understanding what? The basic functions of a cell have been understood since much longer ago than 1971.

>Some consider this model a significant contribution to origin of life as it provides a philosophy of evolutionary units.[4]

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chemoton

Read the wiki. Its just describing what a cell is and putting the word "abstract" in front of everything. It makes no prediction, it produced no results. Evidently not everyone considers it a significant contribution.