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The Stairway to Life

An Origin-of-Life Reality Check

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The Stairway to Life

By: Change Laura Tan, Rob Stadler
Narrated by: Fred Hoff
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Spontaneous generation of living organisms - life arising without progenitor or seed - was a common belief in the time of Aristotle. Over the next 2,000 years, support for spontaneous generation slowly retreated to its final stronghold: spontaneous formation of the first living organism.

From recently acquired insights into the complexity of the simplest organisms, Tan and Stadler specify requirements for spontaneous formation of life and evaluate the prospects for natural processes to satisfy these requirements. The Stairway to Life is a thought-provoking inquiry that breaches the final stronghold of spontaneous generation.

©2020 Rob Stadler (P)2021 Rob Stadler
Biological Sciences Biology Evolution Evolution & Genetics Science Natural History
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