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The Origin and Early Evolution of Life
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The chemistry behind the simplistic life that first inhabited the Earth 4.5 billion years ago is still mostly unknown, despite the fact that single cell organisms have existed on Earth for around 80% of its lifetime.
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Blinkist condenses the key ideas from thousands of nonfiction books into brief 15-minute summaries that can be read or listened to, making it easier to consume information from books that you may not have time to read.
ChapterThe Origin and Early Evolution of Life
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The beginnings of life on earth may have come from a simple set of chemistry that humans still do not fully understand.
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Origins of Life
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The beginnings of life on earth may have come from a simple set of chemistry that humans still do not fully understand. Despite this, it is a surprising fact that 70-80% of the time that earth has existed there has been life on it in some form, mostly simple single-cell organisms.