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Big Ideas - part two
Big questions concerning the origin of life, one of the most fundamental questions
Big questions concerning the origin of life, one of the most fundamental questions. Somehow 4.5 billion years ago life emerged on earth. Simple chemicals came together to make the first thing that was alive. Scientists are still debating how this actually happened, mainly because we do not have examples of the primitive life forms that existed then.
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