Origin of Life: phosphates (Introduction)

by David Turell , Tuesday, June 04, 2013, 23:22 (3977 days ago) @ David Turell

Perhaps arriving by meteorite. Phosphates are needed in basic RNA/DNA molecules. This article proposes:-"Meteorite phosphorus may have been a fuel that provided the energy and phosphorus necessary for the onset of life," said Pasek, who studies the chemical composition of space and how it might have contributed to the origins of life. "If this meteoritic phosphorus is added to simple organic compounds, it can generate phosphorus biomolecules identical to those seen in life today."- Read more at: http://phys.org/news/2013-06-billion-year-old-mystery-team-life-producing-phosphorus.ht... problem issue is what created the "simple organic compounds" for the phosphorous to combine with? The usual just-so story.