生命的艱難開端

空氣、水和岩石是早期地球上僅有的原材料。最早的生命實體一定是利用這些原始資源製造出來的。新的實驗表明,岩石的基本成分——礦物質,可能在這一戲劇性的壯舉中發揮了重要作用。

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Robert M. Hazen, PhD, is Senior Staff Scientist at the Carnegie Institution's Geophysical Laboratory and Clarence Robinson Professor of Earth Sciences at George Mason University. He is the Executive Director of the Deep Carbon Observatory.

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大眾科學 Magazine Vol 284 Issue 4This article was originally published with the title “Life's Rocky Start” in 大眾科學 Magazine Vol. 284 No. 4 (), p. 76
doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0401-76
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