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Research on the origins of life approaches the problem from bottom-up, starting from geochemical synthesis of biomolecules, or top-down, uncovering the properties of ancient life: a vast gulf persists in connecting these two approaches, necessitating new conceptual frameworks for addressing life's origins. (Online version in colour.)
