# How a Metabolic Spark Could Have Jump-Started Life

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1 outlet covering · First listed: Quanta Magazine, Nov 11, 2026, 9:10 AM · Read it: <https://www.quantamagazine.org/what-is-the-metabolism-first-theory-for-the-origin-of-life-20261111/>

Energetic pathways that make and break complex molecules are critical to all life. It’s even possible that these self-sustaining cycles could have been key at life’s beginning. The post How a Metabolic Spark Could Have Jump-Started Life first appeared on Quanta Magazine

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- Nov 11, 2026, 9:10 AM: [How a Metabolic Spark Could Have Jump-Started Life](<https://www.quantamagazine.org/what-is-the-metabolism-first-theory-for-the-origin-of-life-20261111/>) — Quanta Magazine (Magazine, United States)
  Energetic pathways that make and break complex molecules are critical to all life. It’s even possible that these self-sustaining cycles could have been key at life’s beginning. The post How a Metabolic Spark Could Have Jump-Started Life first appeared on Quanta Magazine