Rethinking Abiogenesis: Part 1, Continuity of Life through Time

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dc.contributor.authorBoring, Emily
dc.contributor.authorStump, J. B.
dc.contributor.authorFreeland, Stephen
dc.date.accessioned2022-03-28T14:24:48Z
dc.date.available2022-03-28T14:24:48Z
dc.date.issued2020-03
dc.description.abstractEvolution teaches that any particular organism, population, or species is a point on a continuous lineage that extends back to life’s origins. Apparent discontinuities (for example, species) often reflect subjective, human decisions as much or more than objective measurements. In the same way, no intrinsic, objective reason identifies any particular moment in the development of biochemical complexity as the origin of life other than the origin of the universe itself. There is no natural breakpoint presented by the physical universe. Focusing excessively on any other points robs science of impor tant context and is detrimental to future progress—for example, by failing to extend our view one notch further back in order to understand how and why this particular point emerged. We advocate, instead, a view of abiogenesis that stresses continuity over particular “starting points.” This way invites rich resonances with strands of historical and contemporary theologyen_US
dc.description.urihttps://www.asa3.org/ASA/PSCF/2020/PSCF3-20BoringStumpFreeland.pdfen_US
dc.format.extent11 pagesen_US
dc.genrearticlesen_US
dc.identifierdoi:10.13016/m2uogi-rgft
dc.identifier.citation“Rethinking Abiogenesis Part 1: Continuity of Life over Time” Boring E., Stump J.B., and Freeland S., Perspectives in Science and Christian Faith, Vol. 72(1): pp. 25-35en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11603/24441
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherThe American Scientific Affliciationen_US
dc.relation.isAvailableAtThe University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC)
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dc.relation.ispartofUMBC Faculty Collection
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dc.subjectevolutionen_US
dc.subjectabiogenesisen_US
dc.subjecttheologyen_US
dc.titleRethinking Abiogenesis: Part 1, Continuity of Life through Timeen_US
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