Rethinking the origin of life at seafloor hydrothermal vents
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 123, Issue 36, September 2026. Alkaline vents have dominated a class of hypotheses for the origins of life since their discovery a quarter of century ago, but advances in understanding the nature of these systems at the time of life’s origins demand renewed scrutiny. Alkaline vent ...
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