Darwinian Evolution of Molecules Physical and Earth-Historical Perspective of the Origin of Life /

• Main Author: Nakazawa, Hiromoto (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Series: Advances in Geological Science,
• Subjects: Geobiology.; Astrobiology.; Historical geology.; Paleontology .; Evolutionary biology.; Biogeosciences.; Historical Geology.; Paleontology.; Evolutionary Biology.

On the basis of thermodynamic considerations and the Earth's historical processes, this book argues the physical inevitability of life's generation and evolution, i.e., Why did life generate? Why does life evolve? Following an introduction to the problem, the hypothesis "Darwinian Evo...

Table of Contents:

• Preface
• The Dynamic Earth: A Recent Concept Necessary for the Study of the Origin of Life
• Why did Life Generate? Why does Life Evolve? Physical Perspective of the Origin of Life
• What is the Ultimate Ancestor? Evidence from Fossils and Gene Analyses
• "Miller-Urey Experiment" in the Recent Picture of the Early Earth
• Origin of Organic Molecules and Natural Selection of Bioorganic Molecules
• Molecular Evolution in Deep Subterranean Regions
• The last stage of molecular evolution to the birth of life: Individuals, metabolism, and heredity
• Summary: The Evolutionary Phylogenetic Tree of the Earth's Light Elements. .