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The Origin of Life on the Earth

Growing evidence supports the idea that the emergence of catalytic RNA was a crucial early step. How that RNA came into being remains unknown

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Scientific American Magazine Vol 271 Issue 4This article was originally published with the title “The Origin of Life on the Earth” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 271 No. 4 (), p. 76
doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1094-76