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To: Soliton

To duplicate conditions for the formation of complex organic molecules and eventually life, it would probably be necessary to run the experiment for a billion years or so.


7 posted on 10/17/2008 8:12:11 AM PDT by Bubba_Leroy (DNC = Do Nothing Congress)
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To: Bubba_Leroy
To duplicate conditions for the formation of complex organic molecules and eventually life, it would probably be necessary to run the experiment for a billion years or so.

Amino acids are easily created in laboratories. They have also been found in meteorites. All you need is a means of assembling these into proteins.

This takes us to the "ribosome world" hypothesis. Scientists have found recent evidence supporting this hypothesis.

8 posted on 10/17/2008 8:16:11 AM PDT by Soliton (> 100)
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