Review of Research on the Origins of Life

Abstract

Recently, some new scientific results on the origin of life have been reported. They have led to important discussions on the nature of life. Life, in this paper, means all living existence, which includes terrestrial, extra-terrestrial, present, and fossil organisms. A wide range of scientific fields such as astronomy, planetary science, meteoritic science, geology (paleontology), organic synthetic science, and terrestrial biology should reveal the origins of life. I extracted research results on the origins of life in these fields, and reviewed them.