From Lamarck to Complexity Theory: Evolution and the Astrobiology Debate

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From Lamarck's early idea that traits are acquired to Darwin's natural selection, with Weismann contending it, scientists have debated the existence of life beyond Earth, a conversation energized by Miller–Urey prebiotic experiments and Viking results, and now tempered by complexity theory that hints at universal principles while acknowledging Earth's vast diversity and the random, cosmic forces that could yield an unimaginable variety of life.