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It captures memory through the historical record encoded in the assembly index. It captures selection as the mechanism that populates high-index objects at observable abundances. 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It assumes permitted joining operations are given in advance. Quantum or continuous dynamics fall outside its current statements. Abundance is required to distinguish selection from rare random events; single high-index objects carry no signature. 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An object with high assembly index and high copy number must have traversed a narrow pathway. That pathway records the action of selection on prior objects. The result is a ledger of construction steps that can be replayed and repaired by further selection. 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