Specific topics and lectures relevant to the emergence of life​

The Origin of Life on Earth​

A 3-part lecture on the origin of life by Jack Szostak​

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The Origin of Life​

Paul Davis’ lecture presenting his perspective on the origin of life​

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The Origin of Life​

Sidney Altman’s lecture on the origin of life. ​

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Evolution Figures: Chapter 4​

http://www.evolution-textbook.org/content/free/figures/ch04.html​

Open access illustrations from the textbook “Evolution”.  Visualization of a few key chemical processes of prebiotic evolution. Each illustration has an original literature source reference. ​

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The biochemical basis of life​

http://www.whatislife.com/about.html​

A short text explaining a theory relating metabolic systems to the basic laws of physics. ​

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Exploring Life’s Origins: Building a Protocell​

http://exploringorigins.org

[retrieved 9/11/2012]​

Animated visualizations of some key steps of the origin of life.​