# Origins and Evolution of Life

**Type:** Topics  
**Canonical URL:** https://scholariq.org/topics/origins-and-evolution-of-life/

## Facts

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Citations | 683,247 |
| Description | This cluster of papers explores the origin of life and prebiotic chemistry, focusing on topics such as the RNA World, prebiotic chemistry in hydrothermal vents, the emergence of chirality, the formation of protocells, early metabolism, and the conditions on early Earth. It also delves into autocatalytic processes, nucleic acid synthesis, and astrobiology. |
| Domain | Physical Sciences |
| Field | Physics and Astronomy |
| OpenAlex ID | https://openalex.org/T11445 |
| Works | 75,316 |

## Topic papers all

- [Autotrophic carbon fixation in archaea](https://scholariq.org/papers/autotrophic-carbon-fixation-in-archaea/)
- [How emergence arises](https://scholariq.org/papers/how-emergence-arises/)
- [Supplementary materials - loneliness as an interface between AD and SB](https://scholariq.org/papers/supplementary-materials-loneliness-as-an-interface-between-ad-and-sb/)
- [Supplementary materials - loneliness as an interface between AD and SB. V2](https://scholariq.org/papers/supplementary-materials-loneliness-as-an-interface-between-ad-and-sb-v2/)

## Topic researchers

Showing 12 of 20.

- [Steven L. Salzberg](https://scholariq.org/researchers/steven-l-salzberg/)
- [Eugene V. Koonin](https://scholariq.org/researchers/eugene-v-koonin/)
- [David P. Bartel](https://scholariq.org/researchers/david-p-bartel/)
- [Edward Witten](https://scholariq.org/researchers/edward-witten/)
- [Martin Karplus](https://scholariq.org/researchers/martin-karplus/)
- [Noam Chomsky](https://scholariq.org/researchers/noam-chomsky/)
- [Michael Tomasello](https://scholariq.org/researchers/michael-tomasello/)
- [Marc W. Kirschner](https://scholariq.org/researchers/marc-w-kirschner/)
- [Derek R. Lovley](https://scholariq.org/researchers/derek-r-lovley/)
- [James J. Collins](https://scholariq.org/researchers/james-j-collins/)
- [Thomas Keane](https://scholariq.org/researchers/thomas-keane/)
- [Vladimir N. Uversky](https://scholariq.org/researchers/vladimir-n-uversky/)

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