Reduced condition on early Earth and ATP-related mechanism of prebiological evolution

2007 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. M. Galimov
Keyword(s):  
Early Earth ◽  
Prebiological Evolution

Making vinegar on the early earth

Nature ◽  
2000 ◽  
Author(s):  
Philip Ball
Keyword(s):  
Early Earth

FIELD FORUM REPORT: Processes on the Early Earth

GSA Today ◽  
2004 ◽  
Vol 14 (11) ◽  
pp. 28 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wolf Uwe Reimold ◽  
Carl R. Anhaeusser ◽  
Ken A. Eriksson ◽  
Axel Hofmann ◽  
Roger L. Gibson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Early Earth

THERMAL ALTERATION OF PRECAMBRIAN MICROFOSSILS: APPLICATIONS TO THE STUDY OF STABLE CARBON ISOTOPES ON THE EARLY EARTH

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeffrey Osterhout ◽  
◽  
J. William Schopf ◽  
Anatoliy B. Kudryavtsev ◽  
K.D. McKeegan
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Isotopes ◽  
Stable Carbon Isotopes ◽  
Early Earth ◽  
Stable Carbon ◽  
Thermal Alteration

scholarly journals Chemical Stability of FeOOH at High Pressure and Temperature, and Oxygen Recycling in Early Earth History

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Egor Koemets ◽  
Timofey Fedotenko ◽  
Saiana Khandarkhaeva ◽  
Maxim Bykov ◽  
Elena Bykova ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High Pressure ◽  
Chemical Stability ◽  
Early Earth ◽  
High Pressure And Temperature ◽  
Earth History

scholarly journals Formation of Thiophene under Simulated Volcanic Hydrothermal Conditions on Earth—Implications for Early Life on Extraterrestrial Planets?

Life ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 149
Author(s):  
Thomas Geisberger ◽  
Jessica Sobotta ◽  
Wolfgang Eisenreich ◽  
Claudia Huber
Keyword(s):  
Fatty Acids ◽  
Hydrogen Sulfide ◽  
Early Life ◽  
Organic Molecules ◽  
Metal Sulfides ◽  
Early Earth ◽  
Hydrothermal Conditions ◽  
Evolution Of Metabolism ◽  
Thiophene Derivatives ◽  
The Origin Of Life

Thiophene was detected on Mars during the Curiosity mission in 2018. The compound was even suggested as a biomarker due to its possible origin from diagenesis or pyrolysis of biological material. In the laboratory, thiophene can be synthesized at 400 °C by reacting acetylene and hydrogen sulfide on alumina. We here show that thiophene and thiophene derivatives are also formed abiotically from acetylene and transition metal sulfides such as NiS, CoS and FeS under simulated volcanic, hydrothermal conditions on Early Earth. Exactly the same conditions were reported earlier to have yielded a plethora of organic molecules including fatty acids and other components of extant metabolism. It is therefore tempting to suggest that thiophenes from abiotic formation could indicate sites and conditions well-suited for the evolution of metabolism and potentially for the origin-of-life on extraterrestrial planets.

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