Charles darwin and the origin of life

Origins of Life and Evolution of Biospheres

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 395-406

  Peretó, Juli ^a   Bada, Jeffrey L ^b   Lazcano, Antonio ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Darwin; Origin of life; Spontaneous generation; Warm little pond

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTIONARY THEORY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; ORIGIN OF LIFE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; EVOLUTION; FOSSIL; HUMAN;

ANIMALS; EVOLUTION; FOSSILS; HUMANS;

EID: 70449702072     PISSN: 01696149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11084-009-9172-7     Document Type: Article

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