From Molecular Clouds to the Origin of Life

Many evolutionary biologists are wary of the "origin of life" debate, as Darwinian dogma and the laws of natural selection can do little to explain how life arose from non-life. A great number of astrobiologists, on the other hand, don't fear the issue, as they are not limited by Darwin. They look to concepts of self-organization, though they mainly focus on chemical processes, as discussed in this paper, authored by researchers in the Astrobiology Group at Leiden University.