| − | Abiogenesis is the study of how life could have arisen from non-life. While the term is used today generally to refer to how early life might have arose from various non-living compounds, this does not explicitly rule out supernatural intervention. For example, some interpret the [[Bible|Biblical]] story of [[Genesis]] as describing an abiogenesis event or series of abiogenetic events caused by [[God]]. | + | Abiogenesis is the study of how life could have arisen from non-life. While the term is used today generally to refer to "chemical evolution,"[http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/abioprob/originoflife.html] how early life might have formed from various non-living compounds, this does not explicitly rule out supernatural intervention. For example, some interpret the [[Bible|Biblical]] story of [[Genesis]] as describing an abiogenesis event or series of abiogenetic events caused by [[God]]. |