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ACCORDING to Oparin1, the origin of life is a natural consequence of the long evolution of organic compounds. Much effort has been devoted to the abiogenic synthesis of biologically important compounds2 but because little is known about conditions on the primitive Earth, the results of such experiments are inconclusive. For this reason, the examination of volcanoes, hydrothermal systems and submarine volcanoes as sources of organic compounds seems to be highly promising.
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MUKHIN, L. Evolution of organic compounds in volcanic regions. Nature 251, 50–51 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1038/251050a0
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