Will Rocks Eventually Evolve into Some Form of Life, or?

Question

Do we need another BIG BANG first?

tigris, LOL. Thanks for the day brightener.

mariebea, your right. Some of these answers are about to make my brain explode. But ...

worry won't add one moment to your life.

Martin S, thanks for bringing some sense into this mess ;-)

momof 3, you've got lots of common sense, which seems to be lacking in some folks.

Answer 1

Do we need another BIG BANG first?

Well, it just might help. After all you have to get that cosmic wheel of fortune rolling really fast if you are going to have a chance for a planet to form with just the right make up of air and water and gravity and a moon for seasons and the right distance from the sun so that natural forces can by chance pre-arrange matter into a form where it can just come alive all by itself. And then who knows if the magic wand of natural selection will be around to cancel out all of the mistakes so that a amoeba can turn into a fish that turns into a frog that eventually turns into a Prince so that everyone can live happily ever after as the lord of their own life without having to worry about some pesky Creator that they will one day have to give an account of their lives to.

Answer 2

Sure, why not. A big bang is not necessary, but probably wouldn't hurt.

The Little Rock Who Could

Once upon a time there was a rock on a little blue planet called Earth. It was formed in the belly of he earth due to immense pressure, but later made it's way to the surface and the sun and wind, where it was worn down to just a pebble. One day, the god-like sun exploded and the Earth was evaporated along with the tiny pebble, perhaps only one atom survives intact. Billions and billions and billions of years pass, the atom journeying through space and time, until it finds itself part of a large asteroid which strikes a warm, soupy planet with a young, stable sun. The atom survives entry into the atmosphere and finds itself at the bottom of an ocean where the structure of the asteroid breaks down over a long period of time so that the atom is now floating free, well, except for all the pesky other atoms that keep attaching themselves. Meanwhile, this young planet is under heavy radiation from the sun, it's atmosphere is in turmoil, lightening storms and electricity running rampant a la Frankenstein's laboratory. The soup around the atom and it's buddies thickens and they find themselves trapped in a walled in environment, a permanent cell. But, amazingly, this works to their advantage, assuming they cared not to be designated. And they are not alone, others have found themselves walled off, cut off forever from individual atomic existence. Do they revel in their new molecular identity? Who knows? But as they find themselves gathered together with other molecules, who by chance happen to have similar structures and, therefore, similar behavior - they start to suspect that they might have a good thing going on. And through the water they feel the rays of the powerful sun and the first stirrings of worship in their nuclear hearts. The end.

Stories are always easier to digest and are thus much more apt to influence people. Unfortunately they are rarely 100% accurate. But fun, nonetheless.

Answer 3

This question doesn't really make sense.

The Big Bang is a scientific explanation for the origin of the universe. It explains the current available evidence better than any other theory. According to the evidence, the universe probably originated sometime around 13 billion years ago.

One prominent scientific theory for the origin of life on earth holds that organic molecules chemically combined in such a way (and in such an environment) that they were eventually able to reproduce themselves with some sort of information store controlling the reproduction. With each reproduction, this information store had the possibility of being corrupted. Most of the corruptions made the new organism less viable, while some made them more viable. Those organisms that were more viable slowly evolved (over billions of years) into all the forms of life we see on Earth. This started many billions of years after the Big Bang.

As you can see, the two really have very little to do with one another.

Answer 4

Rocks don't reproduce.

The process of evolution requires some sort of mechanism where genetic information is passed from parent to child.

It is possible that some kind of silicon compound might be able to reproduce itself, which could start another biogenesis of some time. However, in this world, it would have a hard time competing with the native flora and fauna that have already mastered the resources here.

Carbon chains are just shaped better for this, but again any new carbon chains would already be used by other organisms before they reached any level of complexity.

Answer 5

What you would need would be conditions similar to the ones on the earth about 4 to 4 1/2 billion years ago during which the first rna / dna & virus' were able to form.

Answer 6

No,rocks won't evolve into some form of life.That's an interesting hypothesis though,and I'd like to hear more.I'm familar with the theory of evolution,so I know THAT is NOT what you are referring to.So,what is this NEW theory about rocks evolving called?Do you have a link?I wasn't aware of this theory.I love to learn,and would be fascinated to learn of an alternative theory to TOE

Answer 7

No new life can emerge on Earth. We don't have the right combination of gases, and any new life to emerge would quickly be eaten by bacteria.

However, we have been able to make the building blocks of life in labratory conditions. Look up the Miller-Urey Experiment.

Answer 8

Rocks were very patient, they started the evolution game and finally they got humans to use silicon ("rocks") to build computers. They have to wait a bit longer for computers to become a life form, but what's a bit of time to a rock?

Answer 9

No It's only a one-way process .Life becomes rocks See stromatalites or the coral reef> limestone>marble process

Answer 10

Only if a power source , or entity chooses to let themselves start from this state of matter. Highly unlikely, or should I say rare occurence. There are many lifeforms, which we will find out shortly. They are not just biological. Many lifeforms unseen to the naked eye, in time you will see them.