Learn more about the top theories about how life began on Earth, and how it may not have started from scratch.

Life on Earth. Where did it come from? How long has it existed here? While we're still searching for the answers to one of those questions, scientists think they might have discovered the answer to ...

Ultimately, the gel-first hypothesis does not claim to provide a definitive answer to the origin of life. Rather, it offers a conceptual framework—one that integrates soft-matter physics, systems ...

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Building blocks can be assembled much like lego to create molecules of life. Credit: Dr Anna Tanczos, Sci - Comm Studios., CC BY-SA Building blocks can be assembled much like lego to create molecules ...

A totally new and highly controversial theory on the origin of life on earth, is set to cause a storm in the science world and has implications for the existence of life on other planets. Research* by ...