Since the existence of human beings, we have always pondered “how did this all start?” Before people developed the proper technology and knowledge to fully investigate such a question, the concept of spontaneous generation was widely accepted. . It was believed that living things were created from decaying, already dead organic matter. Also, due to the heavy influence of religion, not many scientists fully researched a topic so controversial with the church. However, in today’s day and age, science can point us in the right direction to discover where did it all really come from?
Sure enough, in 2008, scientists discovered some 3.5 billion year old volcanic rock with traces of carbon that was once made up of living organisms. One scientist called the rock “some of the oldest most robust evidence of life.” In 1970, a team of scientists unexpectedly bumped into a thriving ecosystem around a hot water vent deep under the Pacific Ocean. This provides evidence that life can thrive deep under the water, in a water-based environment. Basic organic molecules spew from these volcanic vents, and could be the birthplace of life on planet earth.
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