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Theory of Panspermia and Chemical Evolution

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It was defined that inorganic compounds are obtained from non living sources and organic from living how?

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The main difference is in the presence of a carbon atom; organic compounds will contain a carbon atom (and often a hydrogen atom, to form hydrocarbons), while almost all inorganic compounds do not contain either of those two atoms.

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