Molecular 'Fossils' Offer Microscopic Clues to the Origins of Life, but They Take Care to Interpret

Molecular 'fossils' offer microscopic clues to the origins of life, but they take care to interpret

The questions of how humankind came to be, and whether we are alone in the universe, have captured imaginations for millennia. But to answer these questions, scientists must first understand life itself and how it could have arisen.

Molecular ‘fossils’ offer microscopic clues to the origins of life – but they take care to interpret

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