What is the most compelling, non-metaphysical theory for Abiogenesis you've learned about?

[Chango]

Originally Posted by AREQUIPA

Those who push Goddunnit often ask; if Life arrived on meterorites - where did that life come from? Effectively they are saying that panspermia proves nothing at all - Life still had to evolve, just somewhere else. The rhetorical holding answer (since of course nobody knows one way or the other) would be to suggest that perhaps the other planet it evolved on had the clear fossil evidence of Abiogenesis that (of course) we wouldn't have here.

We can always take the easy way out and say life originated in other universes...

[TRANSPONDER]

Originally Posted by Chango

We can always take the easy way out and say life originated in other universes...

It certainly scuppers a pretty pointless debate.

[BigCityDreamer]

Originally Posted by baystater

Now let me throw this at ya. Where do you guys think the most likely place (environment) was where life first began?
I've heard about tidal areas, some type of hot springs, and even perhaps in deep water ocean vents. Do you think it one of these environments? Or do you think it some other environment?

My guess is it was a body of water which was formed on the earth by crashing meteorites, asteroids or other objects. Like water, the ingredients for RNA likely originated from these objects in our solar system.

But I'm just learning most of this stuff. It's very much cutting-edge science.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases...0613092514.htm