The convergence of minerals and life: Reply to comments on "Mineral self-organization on a lifeless planet"

Abstract

We want to thank again our commentators for their stimulating ideas and insightful comments that we are sure helped to clarify and develop our ideas. Authors acknowledge funding from the European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union's Seven Framework Program grant agreement n∘ 340863 (JMG-R) and under the Horizon 2020 research and innovation program grant agreement n∘ 646894 (MvZ). JMG-R also acknowledges the Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad of Spain for funding the project CGL2016-78971-P . This is IPGP contribution n∘ 4161 .