Episode 4: The Origin of Life

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Episode 4: The Origin of Life

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Nov 21, 2010

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An overview of current theories about how life arose from non-living matter, including an overview of the conditions on early earth, definitions of life, the source of organic monomers, the mechanisms of polymerisation of these monomers, and the possible means by which the first proto-cell developed.

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Nov 21, 2010

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