Indeed, it turns out to be pretty easy to make amino acids, and they're everywhere. Take hydrogen, methane, ammonia, and water, zap it with lightning, and you g

Indeed, it turns out to be pretty easy to make amino acids, and they're everywhere. Take hydrogen, methane, ammonia, and water, zap it with lightning, and you get amino acids. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miller-Urey_experiment http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miller-Urey_experiment