2014/01/01 by Marc Ollivier, Marie‐Christine Maurel · 1 citation
Physics and Astronomy · #Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies #Astro and Planetary Science #Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies
paper · pdf · doi:10.1051/bioconf/20140200001
openalex publication_date 2014/01/01 · openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/29
The present strategies proposed for the search for the origins of life and for extra-terrestrial life are mainly based on Earth-life and its adaptation along geological eras to the Earth environment. These strategies should however face the difficulty that one cannot as yet accurately date the appearance of life on Earth, and consequently one cannot identify a chronology of phenomena related to the transition from the non-living to the living and the dependence of these phenomena on the Earth environment. In this paper, we present new approaches to search for the origins of life on the Earth and next, for life on exoplanets. This study is based on our experience gained at the head of the CNRSc interdisciplinary research initiative "Environnements Planétaires et Origines de la Vie (EPOVd), and on the analysis of the projects the initiative funded.