[ScienceD] Assumptions about origins of life challenged

[Science Daily]

Assumptions about origins of life challenged

Before there was life on Earth, there were molecules. A primordial soup. At some point a few specialized molecules began replicating. This self-replication, scientists agree, kick-started a biochemical process that would lead to the first organisms. But exactly how that happened -- how those molecules began replicating -- has been one of science's enduring mysteries. Biochemists now offer an intriguing new view on how life began.


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