New hypothesis for origin of life proposed

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Photo of mica from an abandoned mica mine with water between some layers showing edges of mica sheets e.g. black arrows and air bubbles in the water red arrows and brown bands of organic crud and dirt. Credit: Helen Greenwood Hansma UC Santa Barbara
Photo of mica from an abandoned mica mine, with water between some layers, showing edges of mica sheets [e.g., black arrows] and air bubbles in the water [red arrows] and brown bands of organic crud and dirt. Credit: Helen Greenwood Hansma, UC Santa Barbara

Life may have begun in the protected spaces inside of layers of the mineral mica, in ancient oceans, according to a new hypothesis.


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