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"Research on the origin and early evolution of life therefore comprises two areas of understanding that in practice make little contact with one another (Fig. 1). We understand some of the chemistry and geochemical settings that could have led to an origin of life and we can also infer details about early organisms through the most ancient protein families. In practice, however, these two fields of research remain largely disconnected."
