Category: 2.Origin of Life

A component of all extant life is that it adapts to survive. You either adapt or you are already adapted. If species did not have this innate nature through their genetic information, then they would have no desire to survive as a species. Although the life above was reproducing successfully, the economies of scale involving…

Amino acids are the building blocks of protein, and thus the building blocks of life. The complex organisms of today harness the biological power of proteins in a variety of ways, such as the use of enzymes as a catalyst. (See Protein Variety and also Protein Synthesis)

All living things possess the element carbon within them. In light of this, Earth had to have a rich supply of carbon to support a rich diversity of life. This carbon was made available by the volatile nature of the Earth in the beginning, where volcanoes spewed various elements into the Earth’s atmosphere. While other elements were present,…

Although the Earth was created about 4.5 billion years ago, life began to exist much later. Because of the large time spans involved, there is inconclusive evidence for exact dates, but even so, the existence of life was evident from the very beginning. Our Solar System was still young, and the Sun was still cooling…