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Presumably this is to some extent experimentally testable, if we can construct lab analogues of the conditions?

• StrawberryFrog 17y ago
  Geothermal vents like those described in the article are still around, could the same processes be observed there? Or have microbes (re)colonised them thoroughly?
  • three14 17y ago
    The article says surrounding chemical conditions are quite different.
    • eru 17y ago
      Yes, and the article also says, that simulations support the hypothesis so far.