Origins of building blocks of life: A review

How and where did life on Earth originate? To date, various environments have been proposed as plausible sites for the origin of life. However, discussions have focused on a limited stage of chemical evolution, or emergence of a specific chemical function of proto-biological systems. It remains uncl...

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Main Authors: Norio Kitadai, Shigenori Maruyama
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2018-07-01
Series:Geoscience Frontiers
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1674987117301305