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Before DNA

Discover the RNA world hypothesis and its intriguing perspective on how life got started, with unique takes on DNA aesthetics.

Written byCarl Zimmer
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Jennifer writes, "It's the RNA world hypothesis, but I took a little poetic license and used DNA instead of RNA just because I thought double stranded would be more aesthetic."

Carl: Here's an article I wrote for Discover about the RNA world hypothesis for how life got started. And another for Science.

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