clay, role in prebiotic evolutionHaldane and, more recently, Cairns-Smith, have been among those to promote the idea that clay minerals may have played a vital role in the manufacture of large prebiotic molecules – their lattice structures acting as templates for the organization of organic matter into polymers. Related entry life, originRelated category ORIGIN AND EVOLUTION OF LIFEAlso on this site: Encyclopedia of Alternative Energy & Sustainable Living Encyclopedia of History |