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abiogenesis

The origin and history of abiogenesis.

Etymology

It comes from Ancient Greek, combining a prefix meaning 'not', the word for 'life' and the word for 'origin' or 'birth'. The English biologist Thomas Henry Huxley coined it in 1870.

Origin: Ancient Greek

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