Fundamentals of Evolution - Korzh O.P. - 2006

Part III. PATHWAYS OF THE EVOLUTION OF LIFE

Class="right">Only Academician Oparin and Raisa Lvovna Berg know about THE ORIGIN OF life, but I was little and don't remember.

N.V. Timofeeff-Ressovsky

The evolution of life on our planet is a unique cosmic phenomenon. And not only in the sense that far from all stars and their planetary systems possess the necessary prerequisites for its formation, which in itself does not yet guarantee its emergence. Equally mysterious are The properties of life, along with other questions: how cosmic forces have managed over so many years not to destroy living matter As a result of various catastrophes; when and how life arose — according to some views, almost simultaneously with The formation of the Earth itself or later? What should be the universally accepted Definition of the concept of "life" and what are its most essential characteristics?



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