Articles for tag: How Life Began, Molecular Biology, Origin of Life, Prebiotic Chemistry

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How Did Life Begin on Earth? New Theories Emerge

Suhail Ahmed

  About four billion years ago, on a young Earth battered by asteroids and wrapped in a toxic atmosphere, something extraordinary happened: chemistry turned into biology. We still do not know exactly how that transition unfolded, and that uncertainty haunts and energizes modern science in equal measure. Over the last few years, though, a wave ...