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Chemical Evolution in Primeval Seas

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During the last few decades, experimental evidence and theoretical investigation have led us to believe that life on earth must have evolved as a result of several complicated reactions that occurred among the primitive substances present on the earth’s surface. The complexity of the reactions increased stepwise, and more and more complex molecules were generated which ultimately took shape of a living cell. This idea was first proposed by the Russian scientist A. I. Oparin in 1924, and since then researchers have been trying to find out more about it.

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  1. Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Roorkee, 247667, India

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  1. Institut für Geophysik, Astrophysik und Meteorologie, Universität Graz, Universitätsplatz 5, Graz, 8010, Austria

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    Stephan Kempe

  3. University of Jerusalem, Mevo Hadas 20, Efrat, 90435, Israel

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Kamaluddin (2012). Chemical Evolution in Primeval Seas. In: Hanslmeier, A., Kempe, S., Seckbach, J. (eds) Life on Earth and other Planetary Bodies. Cellular Origin, Life in Extreme Habitats and Astrobiology, vol 24. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-4966-5_12

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