The prevailing scientific hypothesis holds that the transition from non-living to living entities on Earth was a gradual process rather than a single event.
Notes on verification
Multiple independent, credible sources (Britannica, peer-reviewed astrobiology journal, academic preprints, PMC review) corroborate that the mainstream scientific consensus treats abiogenesis as a gradual, stepwise process rather than a single event. No contradicting evidence found.
Sources
- Abiogenesis (wikipedia)
- https://www.britannica.com/science/abiogenesis (corroboration)
- https://www.liebertpub.com/doi/10.1089/ast.2015.1113 (corroboration)
- https://arxiv.org/pdf/1907.12369 (corroboration)
- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3843823/ (corroboration)
- https://www2.gwu.edu/~darwin/BiSc151/Origin/origin.html (corroboration)