The origin of life is still the biggest mystery of mankind. One of the prerequisites for the emergence of life is the abiotic - not by living beings caused chemical - production and polymerization of amino acids, the building blocks of life. "Two scenarios are being discussed for the emergen
According to a new study, fossils of a tiny sea creature with a delicately preserved nervous system solve a century-old debate over how the brain evolved in arthropods, the most species-rich group in the animal kingdom. Combining detailed anatomical studies of the fossilized nervous syste
Washington D.C. [USA], Dec 31 (ANI): Life needs phosphorus to occur and lots and lots of it. It is one of the six essential elements that form the basis of living organisms, is the backbone of DNA and RNA and acts as the prime energy currency of all biological processes in the form of ATP (a