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What evidence do we have for the origin of life from inanimate matter (lifeless matter)?
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18/10/2021 3:47 pm
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What evidence do we have for the origin of life from inanimate matter (lifeless matter)?
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The evidence was given by Stanley L. Miller and Harold C. Urey in 1953. They assembled an apparatus to create an early earth atmosphere which was supposed to consist of gases like ammonia, methane and hydrogen sulphide, but no oxygen) over water. This was maintained by them at a temperature just below 100°C and electric sparks were passed through the mixture of gases to stimulate lightning. At the end of a week, they found that 15% of the carbon (from methane) had been converted to simple compounds of carbon including amino acids which make up protein molecules.
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