Unexpected Discovery: Life on Earth Had Two Origins, Scientists Find

If you sign up for just 50 cents a day, that's $15 a month, you'll save 350 animals in a year from unnecessary suffering. Use my code "sabine" for a 50% boost on monthly donations https://farmkind.giving/sabine The origin of life is one of the biggest mysteries left in science. Now a group of researchers says there wasn't just one origin, there were two. And I want to explain why, despite how impossibly long ago it all happened, I'm actually optimistic that we'll one day work out how life began. Let's take a look. #science #sciencenews #biology #evolution Paper here: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.aef3128 👕T-shirts, mugs, posters and more: ➜ https://sabines-store.dashery.com/ 💌 Support me on Donorbox ➜ https://donorbox.org/swtg 👉 Transcript with links to references on Patreon ➜ https://www.patreon.com/Sabine 📝 Transcripts and written news on Substack ➜ https://sciencewtg.substack.com/ 📩 Free weekly science newsletter ➜ https://sabinehossenfelder.com/newsletter/ 👂 Audio only podcast ➜ https://open.spotify.com/show/0MkNfXlKnMPEUMEeKQYmYC 🔗 Join this channel to get access to perks ➜ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1yNl2E66ZzKApQdRuTQ4tw/join 📚 Buy my book ➜ https://amzn.to/3HSAWJW #science #sciencenews #originoflife