[ Your Name ] would like to inform you about this article on Complexity Digest 2002.49 - 15 http://comdig.unam.mx/index.php?id_issue=2002.49#9713 09-Dec-2002 [ Your Message ] Revolutionary New Theory For Origins Of Life On Earth, ScienceDaily Excerpts: Research (...) claims that living systems originated from inorganic incubators - small compartments in iron sulphide rocks. Since the 1930s the accepted theories (...) - in essence - life first, cells second and the atmosphere playing a role. They claim that cells came first. The first cells were not living cells but inorganic ones made of iron sulphide and were formed not at the earth's surface but in total darkness at the bottom of the oceans. Life, they say, is a chemical consequence of convection currents through the earth's crust and in principle, this could happen on any wet, rocky planet. Source: Revolutionary New Theory For Origins Of Life On Earth[ http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2002/12/021204080856.htm ], ScienceDaily, 2002/12/04 You can discuss this article on Articles Forum http://comdig.unam.mx/topic.php?id_article=9713