abiogenesis
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- noun
- /ˌeɪbaɪoʊˈdʒɛnɪsɪs/
- Specialized
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abiogénesis
- Abiogenesis is a valid argument, and they are both, in essence, mutually exclusive.
Examples
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My non-biologist impression of the abiogenesis issue is that, while there is no current consensus on a particular natural mechanism that gave rise to life (as generally agreed upon) from non-life (as generally agreed upon), the existence of a particular natural mechanism is plausible and may eventually be confirmed and generally accepted.
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The early emergence of life on Earth has been taken as evidence that the probability of abiogenesis is high if starting from young Earth-like conditions.
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That would be abiogenesis, and that is not a fact or theory, but a hypothesis.
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Let's be clear about something: evolution is how life changes once it already exists; abiogenesis deals with how life started.
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The term for the hypothesis that life arose by natural means from earlier, simpler, non-living matter is abiogenesis.
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The term for the hypothesis that life arose by natural means from earlier, simpler, non-living matter is abiogenesis.
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Let's be clear about something: evolution is how life changes once it already exists; abiogenesis deals with how life started.
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Seeing our perplexity, she added, "Abiogenesis is the origin of life from non-living matter."
Synonyms
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The idea that living things can appear from nonliving matter without parents is now known to be wrong
A process that makes living things from nonliving matter
An old idea that living things can come from nonliving matter
Surface Forms
Morphology
abiogenesis = biogenesis (semi-transparent) = a + bio + genesis
The elements 'a-', 'bio-', and 'genesis' are recognizable, but the specialized scientific meaning 'development of living organisms from nonliving matter' is not fully predictable from the parts alone.
Etymology
Abiogenesis comes from Greek parts: a- meaning 'not', bio meaning 'life', and -genesis meaning 'origin', with bio the same root in biology and gen as in generate. So abiogenesis means 'life starting from nonliving matter', which is why it names the idea that living things could come from nonliving matter.