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Natural affinities--unrecognized until now--may have set stage for life to ignite
July 29, 2013
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The chemical components crucial to the start of life on Earth may have primed and protected each other in never-before-realized ways, according to new research. It could mean a simpler scenario for how that first spark of life came about on the planet. Full StorySource
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