Now it is believed that the early prebiotic atmosphere of earth was probably O2-rich with some nitrogen, a less reactive mixture than Miller’s, with larger amounts of carbon dioxide, which would greatly deter the development of organic compounds!
A major source of gases was believed to be volcanoes, and since modern-day volcanoes emit CO, CO2, N2 and water vapour, it was considered likely that these gases were very abundant in the early atmosphere. In contrast, it is now believed that H2, CH4 and NH3 probably were not major components of the early atmosphere, as Dr. Stanley Miller had used in his well known experiment. Furthermore, many scientists now believe that the early atmosphere probably did not play a major role in the chemical reactions leading to life.
Although the composition of the atmosphere of the early earth is now believed to have consisted of large amounts of carbon dioxide. The oxygen we need to live KILLS abiogenesis!!!
2007-06-07
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