I didnt realise scientists didnt know where life came from

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I always knew evolution was a theory, one I highly believe in.

I accept the fact that religion is part of society and it's often believed God played a part in human evolution.

I never realised however that scientists didn't actually know where life sparked.

They know where the first microbes were, they can show an evolutionary journey, Natural selection and the way creatures adapted and changed due to environmental changes.

The closest scientists have gotten to creating "life" was done by accident.

Amino acids have existed for along time but they aren't life(it's also not 100% certain they came about on earth). A test was done by scientists to see if amino acids could survive the impact that essentially created our moon. They simulated the massive pressure generated by the impact and pummelled the amino acids.

What they actually found was more than the survival of the amino acids, the force had created peptides, If you're unaware. Peptides make up proteins.

But there's a big jump from proteins, to DNA and life. Scientists cannot yet fill in the blanks!!

I always thought they could :o

You learn something new everyday.

I also now know the north pole moves due to the liquid metal core of the earth, and its possible that in 50 years the north poll will be in Siberia.

You're welcome OCUK. This thread I am sure has been worthy of the read :p
 
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We can suggest endless possibilities which are ultimately good educated guesses, failing a flux capacitor we will never really 'know'... but to cling to that is arguably rather pedant, or more accurately entirely pointless.
 
Incredible isn't it? almost unbelievable but here we are, it is truly a mystery as is where did all this matter come from that makes up living organisms and the planets. The universe is truly an amazing place. If the big bang theory is correct and all the matter in our universe was created in an instance and that nothing existed before it then one wonders and questions where the big bang happened.

I'm not overly religious but do believe the creation of life was not by accident, it's just to fantastic but let's just assume there is a creator for a moment, then should we not be questioning who created the creator and where was the creator when it manufactured this massive explosion. Truly mind boggling stuff.
 
Abiogenesis is massively fascinating.

Seeing as everything on Earth is derived from a single common acenstor, what would be truly astounding would be to create some kind of life in the lab entirely independent of any organic matter on earth. How will that life interact with "our" branch of life? Will it have the same or opposite chirality as our DNA?
 
spankingtexan said:
If the big bang theory is correct and all the matter in our universe was created in an instance and that nothing existed before it then one wonders and questions where the big bang happened.
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Technically, the Big Bang happened absolutly everywhere. A point of nothing suddenly became a huge amount of matter and energy, and expanded at near impossible speeds, and continues to do so even now. Therefore, the Big Bang happened right here, we are in that tiny 'space', as is everything in the entire universe, it just expanded.
 
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