Stony paths to life

For billions of years, the world of rocks and the world of life have been closely linked through the action of water. As a result, the mineral diversity of the earth and biological development are connected. The new special exhibition "Stony Paths to Life", which was developed at the RiesKraterMuseum, focuses on the close relationship between rock and life. The exhibits open up various paths that lead to the origins, relationships and characteristics of the living world. These paths lead to three questions that run through the Exhibition as a common thread: What role do rocks play in the origin of life? What interrelationships exist between rocks and life? And what is actually different about a living being compared to a rock?

The aim of the Exhibition is to show unusual ways to a deeper understanding of life in dialog with the stones and to raise awareness of the fact that the geosphere and biosphere have been closely linked and connected by constant change since the beginning of life.