生命的艰难开端

空气、水和岩石是早期地球上仅有的原材料。最早的生命实体一定是利用这些原始资源制造出来的。新的实验表明,岩石的基本成分——矿物质,可能在这一戏剧性的壮举中发挥了重要作用。

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Robert M. Hazen, PhD, is Senior Staff Scientist at the Carnegie Institution's Geophysical Laboratory and Clarence Robinson Professor of Earth Sciences at George Mason University. He is the Executive Director of the Deep Carbon Observatory.

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大众科学 Magazine Vol 284 Issue 4This article was originally published with the title “Life's Rocky Start” in 大众科学 Magazine Vol. 284 No. 4 (), p. 76
doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0401-76
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