“It’s a shame that there are precious
few hard facts when it comes to the origin of
life... the how part has everybody stumped. Nobody knows how a mixture
of lifeless chemicals spontaneously organized
themselves into the first living cell.”
Paul Davies (Australian Centre
for Astrobiology, Macquarie Univ.), Born
Lucky, New Scientist, Vol. 179 (2403):32,
July 12, 2003