About this episode

Daniel, Kelly, and Katrine discuss the origins of life and various related scientific concepts.

Daniel, Kelly, and Katrine take on the origins of life. They discuss competing definitions for "life", whether it's even helpful to have a definition, the oldest evidence we have for life, and how we think life got started. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

People in this episode

Hosts: Daniel, Kelly

Guest: Dr. Katrine Whiteson

Topics covered

• origins of life
• definitions of life
• oldest evidence for life
• how life started
• scientific discussion

Keywords

• origins of life
• definitions of life
• oldest evidence
• life started
• scientific discussion

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