Alternative Biology

Basic Information

Alternative biology is the study of theoretical or non-traditional life forms. It also considers the earliest theoretical forms of life on Earth. It has some overlap with astrobiology and xenobiology, but is not restricted to examining life beyond earth.

See also:

• alien biochemistry
• artificial life
• biorobotics
• bubble life
• cyborg
• extraterrestrial life
• Iron-Sulfur World Theory
• non-cellular life
• Plasmid
• Purple Earth Hypothesis
• RNA World Hypothesis
• Synthetic Biology
• Virus

Sources

Bibliography

1. Wikipedia

Game and Story Use

• For more ideas, see Cryptozoology, Shadow Biosphere, Extremophile, and Alien Biochemistry.