How Did Life Become Complex, and Could It Happen Beyond Earth?
When astrobiologists contemplate life on nearby planets or moons, they often suggest such life would be simple. But from such simple life, more complex lifeforms could eventually come to be. That's what happened here on planet Earth. How did the chemistry evolve to get life to where we are today? What transitions took place? Frank Rosenzweig, an evolutionary geneticist at UM, is looking into such questions over the next five years with funding from the NASA Astrobiology Institute. Read more about his research on Space.com.
