Difference between revisions of "Chemical evolution"

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Chemical evolution describes a number of theories that assert that life originated through purely chemical transformations of nonliving matter.^[1] The idea is critiqued in The Mystery of Life’s Origin, by materials scientist Walter L. Bradley, geochemist Roger L. Olsen and chemist Charles B. Thaxton

"chemical evolution," the idea that unguided natural processes produced the first living cells abiotically, from non-living materials^[2] This is contradictory to the modern scientific belief that life cannot spontaneously generate.

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 '''Chemical evolution''' describes a number of theories that assert that [[Origin of life|life originated]] through purely chemical transformations of nonliving matter.<ref>http://www.iscid.org/encyclopedia/Chemical_Evolution</ref> The idea is critiqued in ''[[The Mystery of Life’s Origin]]'', by materials scientist [[Walter L. Bradley]], geochemist [[Roger L. Olsen]] and chemist [[Charles B. Thaxton]]
-* "chemical evolution," the idea that [[unguided]] natural processes produced the first living cells abiotically, from non-living materials<ref> [http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Intelligent_design Intelligent design] - New World Encyclopedia</ref> This is contridictory to the modern scientific belief that life cannot spontaneously generate.
+* "chemical evolution," the idea that [[unguided]] natural processes produced the first living cells abiotically, from non-living materials<ref> [http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Intelligent_design Intelligent design] - New World Encyclopedia</ref> This is contradictory to the modern scientific belief that life cannot spontaneously generate.
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