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Origins of Life & Prebiotic Chemistry: Physical Mechanisms

Research on the origin of life asks how nonliving chemistry produced self-sustaining systems capable of metabolism, heredity, and evolution. Prebiotic chemistry guides the search for habitable environments and helps distinguish common chemical complexity from genuine biological evidence.

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Research on the origin of life asks how nonliving chemistry produced self-sustaining systems capable of metabolism, heredity, and evolution.

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Simple molecules can undergo energy-driven reactions that build more complex organics.

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