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Tuesday, 16 April 2019

New evidence suggests life on Earth started in shallow ponds, not deep oceans

A new study gives more evidence that life got started in shallow ponds, not the deep ...

Evolution is the generally-accepted explanation for how life on Earth became so complex, but there's one thing it can't explain – how life emerged from non-living matter in the first place. The prevailing hypothesis is that life got started in the ocean, where hydrothermal vents provided just the right chemical reactions. But a new MIT study has found that ancient oceans probably didn't have enough nitrogen – but shallow ponds might have.

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