para bellum
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No, the question is not offensive, it's not something that biological evolution speaks to.Would you be offended if I asked how life first came out of non-life?
There is no definitive answer, it may be the inevitable result when the conditions are right. I tend to the "series of chemical reactions" idea that gained prominence after the experiments of Urey and Miller.
Life - Origin, Evolution, Abiogenesis
Life - Origin, Evolution, Abiogenesis: Perhaps the most fundamental and at the same time the least understood biological problem is the origin of life. It is central to many scientific and philosophical problems and to any consideration of extraterrestrial life. Most of the hypotheses of the...
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