abiogenesis
adaptation
allopatric speciation
amino acids
analogous
archaea
autopoesis

ballistic panspermia
banded iron formation
Bernard system
biogenesis
bipedalism

Cairns-Smith, Alexander Graham (1931–2016)
Cambrian
cell membranes, origin
coacervate
coevolution
contingency
convergent evolution
cosmic collisions, biological effects
Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary
cyanobacteria

directed panspermia
domain

Earth, early history
Ediacaran period
emergence
enantiomers
endosymbiotic theory
evolution
evolution and isolation
evolutionary theory and extraterrestrial life
extinction, biological
extremophile

founder effect

genetic drift

hydrothermal vent

late heavy bombardment
life, nature
life, origin

mass extinction
microsphere
Miller-Urey experiment

natural selection
Neanderthal
neo-Darwinism

oceans, origin
Oparin-Haldane theory

phylogenetics
prebiotic
protocell
punctuated equilibrium

random drift
ribozyme
RNA world

self-organization
speciation
spontaneous generation

thermal protein
Troland, Leonard (1889–1932)

uracil

variation