Origin of Life; LUCA (Introduction)

by David Turell , Sunday, November 27, 2011, 18:32 (4745 days ago) @ dhw

DAVID: Folly, foolishness, futility mixed with a taint of scientific research, or does study of 'conserved' genes paint a real and proper picture of the first organism?

http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg21228404.300-life-began-with-a-planetary-megaorga...

Perhaps my questions are stupid, because Iâ€™m way out of my depth, but Iâ€™m willing to learn!

Your questions are not stupid; the article is so stupid that one wonders why the editors allowed it. It may be possible to make guesses from studying 'conserved' genes, ones that are demonstrated that are from the deep past, but it is assumption piled on assumption. Life began from something much simpler than we see now, and it split into three families, but if it started as a complete cell, that is extremely complex a start judging by the simplest cell we see now.

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