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Chemical Evolution: A Terrestrial Reassessment

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Progress in Molecular and Subcellular Biology

Part of the book series: Progress in Molecular and Subcellular Biology ((PMSB,volume 5))

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There is at the time of this writing a great profusion of books, articles, and experimental papers dealing with subjects pertaining to chemical evolution and the origin of life. One more progress report encompassing all of this work would serve little purpose at this time. Therefore, no endeavor has been made to make this report a comprehensive treatise. Instead, an examination of some of the basic assumptions of chemical evolution is attempted. For those readers for whom the subject matter is unfamiliar, a balanced and unbiased introductory account can be found in RUTTEN’s (1971) The Origin of Life by Natural Causes. Detailed accounts from several different points of view are listed in a supplementary bibliography.

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Gabel, N.W. (1977). Chemical Evolution: A Terrestrial Reassessment. In: Hahn, F.E., Kersten, H., Kersten, W., Szybalski, W. (eds) Progress in Molecular and Subcellular Biology. Progress in Molecular and Subcellular Biology, vol 5. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-66626-1_5

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