ORIGIN OF LIFE

1.SPECIAL CREATION
 

Divine forces
GOD
 2. PANSPERMIA
Extraterrestrial
 

Origin
EUROPA-H2O(l)
MARS-ice,dry rivers
 3. BIOGEOCHEMICAL THEORY

Aleksandr Oparin
 

John Haldane
Life evolved from
inorganic matter.
 Primordial Environment

PLUS: +
1. Synthesis of organic molecules
2. Conjugation of Molecules
3. Packaged into cell-like structure
Called: ‘’PROTOBIONTS”
  
MILLER-UREY EXPERIMENT (1953)
- mixed water vapor, NH3, CH4,
H2 + electric spark .
 electrodes
CH4
NH3 spark
H2
water vapor

condenser

water containing
organic compounds
boiling water
WHERE DID LIFE
BEGIN?
A. Primitive Earth’s Atmosphere
1.Hot H2 gas
2.Mixture: CO, CO2,N2, NH3,
NH4 (First seas, Lightning, Volcanic
Eruption, Uv-R)
B. FROZEN OCEAN
C. UNDERNEATH THE EARTH’S
CRUST
(Triggered by Volcanic Act.)
D. CLAY-CRUST
- have +charges to attract org.
molecules
E. DEEP-SEA VENTS
- prokaryotic ancestors are close
to the profiles of bacteria that
thrives today in deep sea-vents