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The most widely endorsed view of the origin of life is that processes on Earth assembled inorganic molecules into larger organic molecules and ultimately into self replicating entities. This area of investigation is called Abiogenesis. (See related links.)

There are quite a number of alternative explanations, including the explanation that life was transported to Earth from some extraterrestrial source. The extraterrestrial view omits the need to explain how life started somewhere else. One can list approximately a dozen major theories with some scientific basis and the interested reader will find extensive resources that explain these. No one explanation is considered true or even highly likely. The scientific process of inquiry continues.

There are also nonscientific explanations of the origin of life, Earth, the Universe and all of evolution. The interested reader will find extensive resources that explain these. They may wish to start with the religious teachings of their own culture.

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Skylar Hagenes

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