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All Life Depends on Water
- Life is believed to have begun in aquatic environments such as oceans or primordial ponds.
- Water provided a stable environment for chemical reactions, including temperature regulation, solvent properties, and protection from harmful radiation.
- Essential molecules (e.g. amino acids, nucleotides) could dissolve, move, and interact in water, enabling the formation of the first cells.
Prebiotic Soup Fuelled Early Chemistry
- Scientists hypothesise that the first cells originated in a prebiotic soup, a nutrient-rich mixture of organic molecules dissolved in water.
