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Science 23 February 1962:
Vol. 135. no. 3504, pp. 663 - 664
DOI: 10.1126/science.135.3504.663
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Carbonaceous "Snowflakes" and the Origin of Life

Philip Morrison 1

1 Newman Laboratory of Nuclear Studies and Department of Physics, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York

The possibility that the intricate "organized elements" found in some carbonaceous chondrites are to be interpreted, not as microfossils of once-living cells, but as organic-chemical analogues of similarly intricate snow crystals is raised; tests and implications are discussed.


THIS ARTICLE HAS BEEN CITED BY OTHER ARTICLES:
Search for Organized Elements in Carbonaceous Chondrites.
E. Anders, E. Anders, and F. W. Fitch (1962)
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