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Abiogenesis
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Abiogenesis is the natural process by which life arises from non-living matter, such as simple organic compounds, and is the leading scientific hypothesis for the origin of life on Earth.
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Proposed YearSourced to the subject's own account Proposed BySourced to the subject's own accountAlexander Oparin and J. B. S. Haldane 1 Cross-Tradition Connections
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Abiogenesis is the natural process by which life arises from non-living matter, such as simple organic compounds.
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The modern scientific hypothesis was first proposed by Alexander Oparin in 1924 and independently by J. B. S. Haldane in 1929.
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The modern scientific hypothesis was first proposed by Alexander Oparin in 1924 and independently by J. B. S. Haldane in 1929.
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Alexander Oparin in 1924 and J. B. S. Haldane in 1929 proposed that the earliest cells slowly self-organized from a primordial soup, the Oparin-Haldane hypothesis.
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Alexander Oparin in 1924 and J. B. S. Haldane in 1929 proposed that the earliest cells slowly self-organized from a primordial soup, the Oparin-Haldane hypothesis.
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