# Origins

- kind: region

How chemistry became biology, and how simple life became complex.

## Problems

- [The origin of life](/wiki/Problem:origin-of-life.md) (open)
- [Spontaneous generation](/wiki/Problem:spontaneous-generation.md) (refuted)
- [The origin of complex cells](/wiki/Problem:eukaryote-origin.md) (partial)
- [The Cambrian explosion](/wiki/Problem:cambrian-explosion.md) (open)

Part of [Life](/wiki/Continent:life.md).

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