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This is a very interesting result. Does anyone know how likely ribonucleoside triphosphates are to be formed in young earth conditions? What is the state of the
by doctoboggan 4y ago
This is a very interesting result. Does anyone know how likely ribonucleoside triphosphates are to be formed in young earth conditions? What is the state of the research on this topic?
It seems like this is a pre-print but if it stands up to peer review this would appear to be a big step forward in our understanding of abiogenesis, and would seem to be good evidence for the RNA world hypothesis.
I always kind of hoped abiogenesis happened multiple times on multiple worlds, rather than once and then spread through panspermia. This result seems to indicate it could have happened here.
- greenbit 4y agoWouldn't it be fascinating if it happened multiple times right here on earth, even.
- 41b696ef1113 4y agoEven if it were possible to happen repeatedly wouldn't the prior generation be immediately able to out compete (immediately consume) the nascently developed life?