1. Oligomerization of L-γ-carboxyglutamic Acid

   • Aubrey R. Hill Jr.
   • Leslie E. Orgel

   OriginalPaper Pages: 115 - 122

2. Flash Heating on the Early Earth

   • James R. Lyons*
   • Ashwin R. Vasavada

   OriginalPaper Pages: 123 - 138

3. Mineral Induced Formation of Pentose-2,4-Bisphosphates*

   • R. Krishnamurthy
   • S. Pitsch
   • G. Arrhenius

   OriginalPaper Pages: 139 - 152

4. Lipid Synthesis Under Hydrothermal Conditions by Fischer- Tropsch-Type Reactions

   • Thomas M. McCollom
   • Gilles Ritter
   • Bernd R. T. Simoneit

   OriginalPaper Pages: 153 - 166

5. Abiotic Formation of Hydrocarbons and Oxygenated Compounds During Thermal Decomposition of Iron Oxalate

   • Thomas M. McCollom
   • Bernd R. T. Simoneit

   OriginalPaper Pages: 167 - 186

6. Molecular Distribution of Monocarboxylic Acids in Asuka Carbonaceous Chondrites from Antarctica

   • Hiroshi Naraoka
   • Akira Shimoyama
   • Kaoru Harada

   OriginalPaper Pages: 187 - 201

7. Primitive Molecular Machine Scenario for the Origin of the Three Base Codon Composition

   • G. Martínez-Mekler
   • M. Aldana
   • G. Cocho

   OriginalPaper Pages: 203 - 214

8. The Extraterrestrial Origin of the Homochirality of Biomolecules – Rebuttal to a Critique

   • William A. Bonner
   • J. Mayo Greenberg
   • Edward Rubenstein

   OriginalPaper Pages: 215 - 219

9. Ciba Foundation Symposium 202, Evolution of Hydrothermal Ecosystems on Earth (and Mars?).

   • Nils G. Holm

   OriginalPaper Pages: 221 - 223

10. A. G. Cairns-Smith, Evolving the Mind: on the Nature of Matter and the Origin of Consciousness

    • Harold K. Kimelberg

    OriginalPaper Pages: 223 - 227