Wednesday 5 April 2023

Researchers find a molecule that stated life

 


Image courtesy of  the Nanda Laboratory.

Joel Kontinen 

According to evolutionary thinking, once upon a time,  chemical reactions among the mix of organic molecules began to be powered from within, forming something we might start to think of as biological.

But Darwinists t do know  know the timing of this speculative incident.

Now, however, researchers from Rutgers University and The City College of New York have identified a simple peptide they are calling nickelback.

" ’Scientists believe that according to evolution sometime between 3.5and 3.8 billion years ago there was a tipping point, something that kick-started the change from prebiotic chemistry – molecules before life – to­ living, biological systems,’  says biochemist and molecular biologist Vikas Nanda, from Rutgers University in New Jersey.”' 

Source: 

Nield, David, 2023,  Scientists Identify Chemical Reaction That May Have Triggered Life on Earth, Science Advances. 14 March