Which of the following best describes the predominant scientific view of the origin of life on Earth?
A) We may never know precisely how life arose, but current evidence suggests that life probably can arise naturally under the conditions that prevailed on the early Earth.
B) Life probably migrated to Earth from some other world.
C) Life arose through a series of extremely unlikely chemical coincidences, making it seem almost miraculous that life ever came to exist at all.
D) We can describe with great certainty the precise steps by which life arose on Earth.

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The predominant scientific view is that while we may not know precisely how life originated, current evidence suggests that it can arise naturally under the conditions that prevailed on early Earth, with the potential involvement of chemical reactions and natural selection. The idea of life migrating from another world (B) or arising through highly unlikely coincidences (C) is not supported by current scientific evidence. While there have been many theories and hypotheses proposed, there is still much that we do not know about the origins of life, making it unlikely that we can describe the steps of this process with great certainty (D).

Which of the Following Best Describes the Predominant Scientific View