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A simple explanation for the origin of life?

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So, hydrogen, poof, life?:

Researchers at the Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf (HHU) have reconstructed the metabolism of the last universal common ancestor, LUCA. They found that almost all chemical steps used by primordial life to piece together the molecular building blocks of cells are energy releasing reactions. This identified the long-sought source of energy needed to drive these reactions forward, which has been hiding in plain sight. The energy required to synthesize the building blocks of life comes from within metabolism itself, as long as one essential starting compound is included. The secret ingredient that releases the energy from within at life’s origin is the cleanest, greenest, newest and oldest of all energy carriers: Hydrogen gas, H2. …

Jessica Wimmer adds: “Regarding energy at life’s origin, we can say that pure chemical energy is sufficient. We need no sunlight, no meteorites, no UV light: just H2 and CO2, plus some ammonia and salts. Because of the extremely conserved nature of the chemical reactions in our biosynthetic network, we can obtain some interesting insights into the reactions that gave rise to LUCA, even though it lived four billion years ago.”

Heinrich-Heine University Duesseldorf, “Life arose on hydrogen energy, researchers suggest” at ScienceDaily (December 13, 2021)

So life isn’t coming into existence all the time from nothing now because … ?

The paper is open access.

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Martin_r: I am not surprised, that lay persons e.g. Seversky, JVL & Co. may think, that the origin-of-life question has been figured out long time ago… so many misleading papers these days … every single day … I have never, ever made that claim. I have admitted here over and over again that we don't know how life originated on (or came to) Earth. Yes, some scientists do make claims that they have a) figure it out or b) found a plausible explanation. But the truth is: we do not know.JVL
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with Darwinists, it is always the same ... bold claims, lots of story telling and that is it ... In real life, they can't demonstrate a single thing ... just story-telling...over and over again .... I am not surprised, that lay persons e.g. Seversky, JVL & Co. may think, that the origin-of-life question has been figured out long time ago... so many misleading papers these days ... every single day ... From time to time another Darwinian genius appears to claim that he/she figured out how easy it was for life to emerge... with Darwinists it is always so easy :))))) yes, telling stories is pretty easy ... especially, when lay persons have no idea what scientists are talking about ... But in reality, after 150 years of 'figuring out', Darwinists have got nothing ... zero progress ... only bold claims and just-so-stories ... The good thing is, we have some fun with these Darwinian clowns ...martin_r
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Yup, an experiment would settle the matter. If H was the magic detonator, it must have been inserted after the first billion years, just before the magic self-sustaining and self-selecting and self-deciding reactions started. Since the sun is mostly H and He, we know that H was bound to be one of the first elements, not a late import via alien Ouamouamouamoua.polistra
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I couldn’t see the bit where they did a simple demonstration and created a molecule that metabolised then reproduced. That would have been the best ‘insight’ of all.Belfast
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5782 years ago to be more precise. still shows One common designer/creator who designed, created and used the common building blocks, just as dictated and explained to and Moses who duly recorded and taught us 5782-2448= starting 3,334 years ago. Mid 6th dynasty, Reference the Pearlman YeC series for the alignment of Torah testimony, science and ancient civ.Pearlman
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