Life could have begun at the poles according to researchers in Germany. Clemens Richert and Stephanie Vogel of the University of Karlsruhe have found that steps in the spontaneous replication of RNA are possible without the usual enzymes, even for the most difficult sections of the strand. 'The notion of spontaneous replication, perhaps the very reaction that defines the beginning of life from inanimate material, is fascinating,' said Richert. 'All attempts to demonstrate this phenomenon in vitro have thus far failed.'
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