1. Editorial

   EditorialNotes Pages: ii - 91

2. Chemical evolution and energetics of reactions in aqueous solutions on the primitive Earth

   • R. Buvet
   • F. Stoetzel

   OriginalPaper Pages: 93 - 107

3. Cell-free systems of polypeptide biosynthesis and approaches to the evolution of translation apparatus

   • A. S. Spirin

   OriginalPaper Pages: 109 - 118

4. An aspect of the origin and evolution of viruses

   • V. I. Agol

   OriginalPaper Pages: 119 - 132

5. Chemical evolution of photosynthesis

   • A. A. Krasnovsky

   OriginalPaper Pages: 133 - 143

6. A hypothesis of the evolution of biological energy transducers

   • V. P. Skulachev

   OriginalPaper Pages: 145 - 160