origin of life

The earliest known life-forms on Earth are putative fossilized microorganisms, found in hydrothermal vent precipitates, that may have lived as early as 4.28 billion years ago, relatively soon after the oceans formed 4.41 billion years ago, and not long after the formation of the Earth 4.54 billion years ago.

Origin Of Life

Origin Of life The origin of life, in the physical, chemical, and biological sciences, is the process by which life originated on Earth from non-living matter. It addresses questions of how, when, and what, and includes a variety of hypotheses regarding this development. Abiogenesis (Greek a-bio-genesis, “non biological origins”) is, in its...

Plants in the Bujuku Valley, Rwenzori Mountains National Park, in the Ruwenzori Mountains at about 3,700 metres (12,100 ft) altitude, SW Uganda. Center rear - a high Erica tree hung with lichen; left side - short "trees" with bright green leaves are Dendrosenecio adnivalis; and also Lobelia in front of straw flowers.

Life

What Is Life? Life is a characteristic that distinguishes physical entities that have biological processes, such as signaling and self-sustaining processes, from those that do not, either because such functions have ceased (they have died), or because they never had such functions and are classified as inanimate. Various forms of...

The fish avatara of Vishnu saves Manu, the progenitor of the existing human race, during the great deluge.

Hindu Views on Evolution

Hindu Views On Evolution This article covers Hindu views on evolution. Hinduism includes a range of viewpoints about the origin of life, creationism, and evolution. There is no single story of creation, due to the dynamic diversity of Hinduism, and these are derived from various sources like Vedas, some from...