An introduction to the scientific study of life and death
The origin of life. Philosophical considerations and the origin of life ; The biotic world ; The theory of lifes origins ; Life at the very beginning I: the chemistry of the first biomolecules ; Life at the very beginning II: the emergence of complex RNA molecules ; The origin of life was an evolutionary transition in individuality ; A synthesis for the origin of life
The origin of death Philosophical considerations and the origin of death ; Observations of death ; Mechanisms and measures of programmed cell death in the unicellular world ; True PCD: when PCD is an adaptation ; Ersatz PCD: the non-adaptive explanations for PCD ; Programmed cell death and the levels of selection ; A synthesis for the origin of programmed cell death
Origins of life and death, and their coevolution. Group selection and the origins of life and death ; Life and death coevolution, and the emergence of complexity.