Author: Casey Luskin
Origin of the First Self-Replicating Molecules
For some theorists, the origin of life is defined as the natural origin of a self-replicating system capable of undergoing Darwinian evolution.
The “Clumping” Problem and the Origin of Life
In the 1970s, biochemist Sidney Fox and colleagues believed they had uncovered primitive cell membrane-like structures called protenoid microspheres.
Forming Polymers: A Problem for the Origin of Life
Assume for a moment that there was some way to produce simple organic molecules on the early Earth.
A Mystery: Prebiotic Synthesis of Simple Organic Monomers
In 2010, University College London biochemist Nick Lane stated the primordial soup theory “doesn’t hold water” and is “past its expiration date.”
All Living Systems Must Process Energy, Store and Utilize Information, and Replicate
Louis Pasteur showed that what appeared to be life springing forth from nonliving matter was actually life emerging from exceedingly small living organisms.