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Where Does Life Come From?. Origins of Life (pre-19 th c.). Abiogenesis. Heterogenesis. Lao-Tzu. Francisco Redi (1668). Lazzaro Spallanzani (1768). Louis Pasteur (1864).
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Origins of Life (pre-19th c.) • Abiogenesis • Heterogenesis
“Never again will the doctrine of spontaneous generation recover from the mortal blow struck by this simple experiment”
Primordial Soup 4.4 bya Oceans have pH of 5.8 Present: CH4, NH3, H2O, H2S, CO2, CO Absent: O2 or O3 Highly reducing atmosphere leads to synthesis of amino acids
Sidney Fox Origin of Coacervates (protocells)
Oxygen Revolution 2.2 bya Caused not only metabolic transition but mass extinction