The microorganisms that live near such plumes have led some scientists to suggest them as the birthplaces of Earth’s first life forms. Organic molecules may also have formed in certain types of clay ...

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A new suggestion that complexity increases over time, not just in living organisms but in the nonliving world, promises to rewrite notions of time and evolution. Biologists used artificial ...

Sidebar: RNA's Role at Beginning of Life - For Further Information ... Researchers are re-creating early Earth conditions, discovering new RNA activities, and uncovering clues to life in the most ...