|
|
Thanks for the comments CF, I hope to have more equally in depth posts in the future.
Coachwhip: The origin of life is a very complicated area to look into. I do have to mention first though - a common misunderstanding is that evolutionary theory explains how life originated, it doesn't. It only deals with life and how it changes. The general "idea" about the origin of life has been termed abiogenesis. The work in this field is multidisciplinary with biochemists, geologists, geochemists, physicists, biologists and so forth. The field, however, is pretty small with only a handful of dedicated researchers as compared to many other research fields.
However, the basics of the origin of life as it stands now and to the best of my understanding is more about organic chemistry than anything else. The Earth around 3.8 billion years ago was very different - nearly void of much oxygen (our current atmosphere is only about 20%, we have...
|
|
