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 | | Biopoiesis (Greek, 'making life'), in the life sciences, is an explanation of how life on Earth originated from non-living matter. |
 | | Some scientists have proposed that life arrived on Earth from space ( panspermia), but proponents of biopoiesis argue that this possibility does not invalidate their ideas since life, as it exists on Earth, must have arisen somewhere at some time. |
 | | Biopoiesis thus suggests how such a simple organism, called a eobiont (Greek, 'Dawn Life') might have originated and given rise to life on Earth today through the processes of biogenesis and evolution. |
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