A Danish biochemist (name escapes me) believed he has abiotically synthesized the precursor to the original lifeform that

 

eventually led to bacteria, eukaryotes, etc. A droplet of oil was mixed into a petri dish, causing it to aggreagate, acting as a

 

protobiont or lipid bilayer. Nex thydrophilic molecules were injected into the oil droplet. When the hydrophilic molecules

 

reacted with the surrounding water, it propelled the oil droplet all around the petri dish (metabolism) even allowing it separate

 

at times (replication). Once other oil droplets were added, collisions ensued resulting in the oil droplets sharing their internal

 

chemical strucutres with each other ( hereditary informnation). The Danish biochemist claims that this aggregation of

 

oil is #1.) Organized, and #2.) Self-replicating. It has a metabolism, replication and "hereditary info"....do any of you believe

 

this may actually be the precursor to life?

 

~EE

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