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As posted in earlier articles and from what I have read: The basic buildings block of our life spontaneously form from the chemistry of the early Earth (our eve
by anonymouskimmer 4y ago
As posted in earlier articles and from what I have read: The basic buildings block of our life spontaneously form from the chemistry of the early Earth (our even the chemistry of space). Lipid membranes spontaneously form enclosed structures. This forces molecules together allowing fast and directional catalysis. RNA is directly catalytically active on itself and other molecules.
That's just what I can recall. There's more about DNA/RNA and amino acids pairing, but I can't remember it off the top of my head.
- andrewflnr 4y agoLipid membranes are pretty cool, but they're not life. Nucleobases and amino acids are letters, not sentences.