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    What are possible alternative environments in which life may have originated?

    There is a great deal of uncertainty about the conditions under which life originated. Suggestions range from small bodies of water (such as Darwin's suggestion of warm ponds) to wave-washed ocean beaches to thermal springs, including hot springs deep in the ocean. There are proponents of each of these environments and others as well. Scientists just don't know.

    David Morrison
    NAI Senior Scientist

    July 2, 2005