Due to their prebiotic availability and spontaneous generation of supramolecular structures, lipids have been widely implicated in studies of the origin of life. The traditional view of a protocell particularly invokes a vesicular bilayer surrounding an assortment of replicating polymers within its lumen interior . The proposed role of the lipid bilayer in such studies is to sustain the replicating polymers and prevent them from diffusing away. This view has elicited a renewed focus on lipid systems in the context of prebiotic chemistry , usually comprised of simple lipids such as fatty acids and alcohols . Recent accounts have suggested that lipids have other important functionalities besides acting as barriers between the protocellular inner network and the aqueous solution. The lipid membrane must be kinetically tied to the reproduction apparatus of the network, so that it will be able to coordinate its own growth and division with the entire cell . This realization prompts a deeper exploration of the reproduction dynamics of non-covalent lipid assemblies as a significant facet of any origin of life scenario. Going one step further, we have argued in previous works that mixed lipid assemblies may have facilitated the emergence of life without relying on replicating polymers. To test this Lipid First approach, we have developed the Graded Autocatalysis Replication Domain (GARD) chemical kinetics model, which directly illustrates how mutually-catalytic interactions among lipids influence the accretion rates of new lipids joining a growing assembly. These catalytic exertions may lead to compositional homeostasis, a unique state in which the assembly's composition remains unchanged throughout growth-and-split cycles . An assembly experiencing homeostatic growth, when followed by fission, enables it to undergo successful self-reproduction with mutations, a basis for subsequent selection and evolution. The inferences of the GARD model apply mostly to micelles than to vesicles, making them better life precursors .