Reflections on the origin of life: More than an 'evolutionary' problem

Ruiz-Mirazo, Kepa; Moreno, Álvaro

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“…disregarding the internal complexity of the individuals) or the physiological/organizational one (i.e. disregarding the power of evolutionary mechanisms), have not worked satisfactorily [ 32 , 33 ]. Thus, the challenge for origins-of-life research is to make use of systems chemistry to identify and characterize mixtures of biomolecular precursors that could get coupled into individuals with capacity for self-maintenance and potential increase in complexity (i.e.…”

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Chemical roots of biological evolution: the origins of life as a process of development of autonomous functional systems

2017

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In recent years, an extension of the Darwinian framework is being considered for the study of prebiotic chemical evolution, shifting the attention from homogeneous populations of naked molecular species to populations of heterogeneous, compartmentalized and functionally integrated assemblies of molecules. Several implications of this shift of perspective are analysed in this critical review, both in terms of the individual units, which require an adequate characterization as self-maintaining systems with an internal organization, and also in relation to their collective and long-term evolutionary dynamics, based on competition, collaboration and selection processes among those complex individuals. On these lines, a concrete proposal for the set of molecular control mechanisms that must be coupled to bring about autonomous functional systems, at the interface between chemistry and biology, is provided.

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Chemical roots of biological evolution: the origins of life as a process of development of autonomous functional systems

2017

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“…In general terms, Ruiz-Mirazo and Moreno [44] express that there is no magic in the origin of life, but we are facing an extraordinarily intricate phenomenon with profound implications, both scientific and religious, without neglecting the philosophical ones.…”

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Psychological Study on the Origin of Life, Death and Life after Death: Differences between Beliefs According to Age and Schooling

Bautista¹,

Escobar²,

Miranda³

2018

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The present work proposes a psychological study via beliefs, about the origin of life, death and life after death. Beliefs have played a decisive role in the development of humanity [1], from the primitive man who gave to the unknown divine forces, the judgments of the Holy Inquisition in the Medieval Age, the impact provoked by the conviction that the Earth was round on the belief of a flat Earth and many other beliefs that sustain the behavior of the human being. In this context, the need arose to investigate the beliefs held by inhabitants of the Metropolitan Area of Mexico City towards the origin of life, death and life after death and with it, to know if there are differences in function of age and schooling; for this, the scale of Silva, Herrera and Corona [2] was applied and with the purpose of obtaining the t of Student and ANOVAS the statistical package SPSS version 21 was used. The results show statistically significant differences between beliefs and sociodemographic variables age and schooling. Schooling: The more educated the population in general, the less likely they are to have religious beliefs. Age: The group of people between 35 and 45 years old are the ones who show a tendency to believe in scientific postulates about death, unlike those who are 60 years old and older.

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Felipe

2021

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Reflections on the origin of life: More than an 'evolutionary' problem

Cited by 4 publications

References 12 publications

Chemical roots of biological evolution: the origins of life as a process of development of autonomous functional systems

Chemical roots of biological evolution: the origins of life as a process of development of autonomous functional systems

Psychological Study on the Origin of Life, Death and Life after Death: Differences between Beliefs According to Age and Schooling

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