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We show here that a hot origin of life (Fox & Dose, 1977) is more consistent with experimental and observational evidence than is a cold origin of life (Bada & Lazcano, 2002; Miller & Lazcano, 1995).
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Bahn, P.R., Pappelis, A., Grubbs, R. (2004). The Role of Heat in the Origin of Life. In: Seckbach, J., Chela-Flores, J., Owen, T., Raulin, F. (eds) Life in the Universe. Cellular Origin and Life in Extreme Habitats and Astrobiology, vol 7. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-1003-0_20
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