1. Evolution of the concepts of the origin of life, 1924–1974

   • A. I. Oparin

   OriginalPaper Pages: 3 - 8

2. Evolutionary oscillation in prebiology: Igneous activity and the origins of life

   • P. C. Sylvester-Bradley

   OriginalPaper Pages: 9 - 18

3. Are the oldest ‘fossils’, fossils?

   • J. William Schopf

   OriginalPaper Pages: 19 - 36

4. Abiotic origin of biopolymers

   • J. Oró
   • E. Stephen-Sherwood

   OriginalPaper Pages: 37 - 47

5. The evolutionary significance of phase-separated microsystems

   • Sidney W. Fox

   OriginalPaper Pages: 49 - 68

6. Terminology in origin of life studies

   • N. W. Pirie

   BriefCommunication Pages: 69 - 69

7. Comment on the position of nitrate respiration in metabolic evolution

   • Fujio Egami

   BriefCommunication Pages: 71 - 72

8. Comment of Egami's concept of the evolution of nitrate respiration

   • Mitchell Rambler
   • Lynn Margulis

   BriefCommunication Pages: 73 - 74

9. Chemical evolution and the origin of life

   • Martha W. West
   • Rowena A. Koch
   • Sherwood Chang

   Legacy Pages: 75 - 85

10. First announcement

    Announcement Pages: 87 - 87