“Research by Stanley Miller and colleagues suggested that while adenine and guanine require freezing conditions for synthesis, cytosine and uracil may require boiling temperatures.[22] Based on this research Miller suggested a beginning of life involving freezing conditions and exploding meteorites.[23] A new article in Discover Magazine points to research by the Miller group indicating the formation of seven different amino acids and 11 types of nucleobases in ice when ammonia and cyanide were left in a freezer from 1972–1997.”
Did you catch that? Freezing conditions AND exploding meteorites! It's a bit like Col. Sanders on Ice, just stir a few ingredients (ammonia and cyanide....um..ummm..good!) together, stick them in the freezer for 25 years and out comes (maybe, suggested) 7 amino acids and 11 not so secret recipe types of nucleobases.
Who says The House of Darwin lacks humor!
I hadn’t read that part closely enough to pick up on the humor. But that’s ok, because you drawing my attention to it definitely made me laugh. LOL