论文信息 - Origin of life-facing up to the physical setting

Origin of life-facing up to the physical setting

The purpose of this article is to review what can be inferred about the environment in which life arose. Lines of interfence stem from two types of records. A physical record of geological and astronomical data provides information on the character of Earth's surface during the epoch in which life arose. A biological record of quantitative evolutionnary relationships among modern organisms documents early Earth's environment because it points to some properties of the first cells.

Norman R. Pace | N. Pace

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