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Science 25 August 2000:
Vol. 289. no. 5483, pp. 1307 - 1308
DOI: 10.1126/science.289.5483.1307
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Perspectives

ORIGIN OF LIFE:
Life as We Don't Know It

Günter Wächtershäuser

There are two main groups of theories for the origin of life on Earth, the prebiotic broth theories and the hydrothermal theories, exemplified by the iron-sulfur world theory. In his Perspective, Wächtershäuser discusses the report by Cody et al., which provides key support for the latter proposal.

The author is at Tal 29, 80331 Munich, Germany. E-mail: info{at}patent.de

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