Opening the book…
| AATE | deep sea hydrothermal vent | progenote |
| abiogenesis | Hadean eon | proteinoid microsphere |
| adapter RNA | heat of baking | protocell |
| alkaline hydrothermal vent | heterotrophs-first | reducing atmosphere |
| aminoadenosine triacid ester | ionizing radiation | retroviruses |
| Archean eon | last universal common ancestor | ribonucleoproteins |
| autocatalysis | liposome | ribozymes |
| autotrophs-first | LUCA | RNA world |
| biofilm | metabolic environment | Serpentinite |
| biogenesis | molecular communication | serpentinization |
| black smoker | non-reducing atmosphere | spontaneous generation |
| chemoautotrophs | ozone layer | tidal pool scenario |
| coacervate | Panspermia | white smoker |
| co-catalysis | photoautotrophs | zircon |
| primordial soup |
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