First living thing in the universe???

Question

i have a very serious doubt.
How was the origin of first living thing in the whole universe. Is it from non-living thing.

please clear my doubt.

Answer 1

It has been proven that "primordial soup" conditions give rise to amino acids, a.k.a. "the building blocks of life". It has been proven that these combine to form self-replicating molecules with the capacity to mutate. While that hardly qualifies as full-fledged "life", it's a darn good start.

There are several intermediate steps needed between self-replicating molecules and single-cell organisms. Scientists are still working on trying to show that life could have arisen through these steps. One of the difficulties is that the intermediate forms quite possibly wouldn't be able to survive on a world that's already teeming with life: existing microscopic organisms would eat the unprotected intermediate forms, and it's awfully hard to create an environment for growing new life, without having that environment be contaminated by existing microscopic organisms.

The arguments against abiogenesis essentially boil down to "I can't conceive how this would be possible, therefore it must not be possible". This is also known as the "god of the gaps" theory: if there's something you don't understand, you figure that "god did it". Problem is, religious folks have repeatedly been discredited and humiliated by relying on the "god of the gaps" when science managed to come up with proof of how things actually works... for example, we now know what causes lightning and earthquakes, and it's not some god's wrath.

At present, we don't have solid proof that life arose spontaneously from non-living things. However, much evidence seems to point that way, and I suspect it's just a matter of time before the theory of abiogenesis is proven to any reasonable person's satisfaction. Give it a few decades, we'll see.

Answer 2

Your question reminds me of the Gaia theory. Basically, it's about viewing the world as one living entity and not just a rock with a bunch of living things on it. Are humans beings considered one life or a collection of living cells and organs inside of a body? Congratulations, you've just expanded that concept towards the whole universe. If you look at how science classifies living things you would realize that the universe itself does not fall exactly into this category only what's inside of it.

Answer 3

Its called evolution. (If you believe in that theory)
Or you could believe in the theory of Adam and eve etc

On the whole, there probably was a GOD to start with who made this brilliant plan and started things off, such that he would never have to interfere again. The fact is that whichever way it started off, it sure is progressing...

Of course on a more serious note, there are many many many theories about all this,,,,, but NO ONE can give you a definite answer,,,, coz no one can no for sure....

Answer 4

THE BIG BANG THEORY MAY HELP U CLEAR THE DOUBT IN THE FORMATION OF THE UNIVERSE---IT WAS LIKE AN EXPLOSION OF GASES AND CLOUD SO U CAN SAY IT IS NON-LIVING
BUT IF U SAY LIFE ON EARTH---THE FIRST BEING WAS THE BLUE-GREEN ALGAE BUT NO ONE KNOWS HOW IT ALL HAPPEND THERE ARE ONLY A FEW THEORIES BUT NO SIGNIFICANT PROOF

Answer 5

Well it must have been or else the living thing that it came from would have been the first living thing. There are various theories about how this came about.

This wiki article isn't especially great, but it touches on the main points.

Answer 6

Alan Greenspan

Answer 7

I'm not sure about elsewhere in the universe, but on planet earth, the first living things that propogated themselves were self-replicating protein strands that do not even pass for life today. Bacteria would be the first according to modern classification standards.

Answer 8

so far our best guess is that yes, organic material started out in the smallest single cellular form possible, probably plant matter like oceanic algae, but less complex.

it was, like any other material created, a chance mixture of elements that lead to the right outcome, and then evolved.

but what is it that you doubt?

Answer 9

Study Charles Darwin's evolutionary theory. Through the laws of physics matter is shaped into a life form, usually a bacteria, which then evolves through millions of years through it's generations into higher form of life; humans.

Answer 10

That is a problem isn't it? Life can only come from life, even if it could somehow be created from non-living material, where did that material come from? On the religious side of things nobody ever explains where God comes from either. In either event, something had to come from nothing.