Four possibilities: 1. Divine creation (biblical supernaturalism , biblical theism); 2. Interstellar origin ( Anaxagoras , Arrhenius , Helmholtz , Lord Kelvin , et al.); 3. Hylozoism, animism all nature is alive (primitivism, pre-Socratic Milesian philosophy, et al.); 4. Evolution from inorganic matter (now the most widely held view; originally held by Anaximander , Lucretius , et al.).
ORIGIN OF LIFE
Meaning of ORIGIN OF LIFE in English
Theological and philosophical biography English dict. Английский словарь богословской и философской биографии . 2012