ChemistryAugust 1, 2017
Life on Earth Came from a Hot Volcanic Pool, Not the Sea, New Evidence Suggests
Deep oceans were thought to hold life’s origins. New evidence points instead to an active volcanic landscape
Stories by David W. Deamer
David W. Deamer is a faculty member in the department of biomolecular engineering at the University of California, Santa Cruz. He is author or editor of 12 books, including The Origins of Life (2010), co-edited with Jack W. Szostak, and First Life (2011), published by the University of California Press.