Harvard: A team of scientists recently proposed a theory that life on Earth began with a lightning strike.
A new Harvard research team has proposed that life on Earth may have started as a result of chemical reactions caused by lightning strikes.
Senior author George M. Whitesides said the answer to age-old questions about the origin of life may be hidden in chemistry.
He also said that this theory raises another question: Did the nucleic acids that make up our DNA, proteins and metabolites emerge spontaneously?
New research debunks the hypothesis that water, electrolytes and common gases combined to form Earth’s first biomolecules. Previous theories have shown that a meteorite crashed into our planet and provided the chemical ingredients necessary for life.
However, experts believe that the electrical life theory provides a clearer and more plausible hypothesis.
Previous theories have shown that life may have started from a meteorite impact.
