May 1981 The second point is that Darwin's theory of evolution is silent on the 'origin of living things' – that is, how life on earth began. Darwin himself mused that life could have arisen 'in ...

In a new peer reviewed analysis, scientists quantify amino acids before and after our “last universal common ancestor.” The ...

Scientists have proposed many theories to explain the origin of life. Two stand out: the primordial soup theory and the RNA ...

Although genetics is the answer that typically springs to mind, it is not the only explanation ... underlining that ... On the Origin of Life: How the First Cell Membranes Came to Exist Nov ...

To explain the remarkable diversity of life histories among species we must understand how evolution shapes organisms to optimize their reproductive success. The principal aim of life history ...

When we use the word "theory" in everyday life ... well-supported scientific explanation for the relatedness of all life.

Quantum theory, which describes the behaviour of subatomic particles, has revolutionised our understanding of the universe at a fundamental level. Some scientists have begun to investigate whether ...