Michael Marshall

Science Writer, Devon, England, United Kingdom

Michael Marshall is a science writer whose work has appeared in New Scientist, The Guardian, The Observer, Nature, Spectrum, National Geographic, and on the BBC. He is the author of The Genesis Quest (2020). He lives in Devon, UK.

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Written by Michael Marshall

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Life happened fast

It’s time to rethink how we study life’s origins. It emerged far earlier, and far quicker, than we once thought possible

Michael Marshall