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Esoteric Origins: Molecular Dawn Puzzle
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Across
- 1. Building blocks arranged before macromolecular chains formed life
- 2. Energy acquisition process proposed as life's initial metabolic pathway
- 5. Surface hypothesized to assist polymerization by adsorption in origin theories
- 7. Cosmic seeding hypothesis transporting life's inception across stars
- 8. Theory that self-replicating entities resembling viruses preceded cells
- 12. Hypothesis: molecule decoding genetic info and catalyzing life’s chemistry
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- 3. Hypothetical primitive chemical networks predating cellular metabolism
- 4. Self-enhancing molecular reactions pivotal for early biochemical cycles
- 6. Type of vent where chemosynthesis may have sparked primordial biochemistry
- 9. Spherical aggregate mimicking protocells and compartmentalization
- 10. Catalytic RNA molecule hinting at pre-protein enzymatic activity
- 11. Ancient earth's soup alleged to harbor life's earliest precursors
- 13. Last universal common ancestor in life's evolutionary tree
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