The two primary views on the origin of life are [[creationism]] and [[evolutionism]]. Creationism holds that life was deliberately designed in a number of different forms which are unrelated to each other, and that these life forms were designed and created with the capacity to reproduce and vary somewhat in order to adapt to their environment. Evolutionism holds that all life evolved from a single, simple lifeform through the process of variation and selection.
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The two primary views on the origin of life are [[creationism]] and [[abiogenesis]]. Creationism holds that life was deliberately designed in a number of different forms which are unrelated to each other, and that these life forms were designed and created with the capacity to reproduce and vary somewhat in order to adapt to their environment. Abiogenesis is the concept that life could occur by natural forces working with precursor chemicals. Evolution holds that all life evolved from a single, simple lifeform through the process of variation and selection.