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| Oparin-Haldane Hypothesis |
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| Organic Molecules synthesized in reducing environment with lightning as energy |
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| Simulated early atmosphere, accumulated "primary soup" |
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1. Abiotic synthesis of sample organic molecule
2. Joining of simple molecules into macromolecules
3. Macromolecules "packaged into protocell
4. Origin of self replicating molecule |
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| Ways life could have been started |
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| Volcanic source, deep-sea hydrothermal vents, deep-sea alkaline vents, extra terrestrial origins |
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| Best chronicle of life on Earth |
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| First multicellular organism developed |
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| Rapid disappearance of most major group, the algae ect. |
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| Large-scale Processes that have Affected Life |
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| Plate tectonics, continental drift |
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| 99.9% of species now extinct |
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| Permian-Triassic Extinction |
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| Volcanism, reduced, O2, climate change, atmospheric disruption |
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| Cretaceous-Tertiary Extinction |
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| Human causes, little bit of global warming |
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| Rise of mammals after cretaceous extinction |
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| Age and diversity of environment on each island provides different selection pressures |
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