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THE ORIGIN OF THE

FIRST LIFE FORMS


• The conditions of the ancient Earth was very
unsuitable for the emergence of life.
• In its 4.5 billion years of history, the appearance
of the earliest life forms was dated 3.5 billion
years ago.
• The cell theory suggests “all cells comes from
preexisting cells,” and states a general fact
about organisms, but this does not explain
how the first cell or organisms came into
existence.
• Several theories were proposed on how living
things developed, and most, if not at all
theories are backed up by evidence and data.
THE THEORY OF SPECIAL
CREATION

• is a theological doctrine that states that man and


everything on Earth resulted from an unconditional
divine decree. The essential events of creation are
stipulated in the Bible, in the book of Genesis.
• The entire Earth and all its living contents were
created in six, 24-hour, days.
THEORY COSMOZOIC OF THE
PANSPERMIA THEORY
• Suggests that life form are widespread in the Universe in the form of
spores.
• This theory claims that meteorites that reached the Earth brought the
spores which grew into organisms due to the conducive environment of
the Earth.
• This theory is backed up by some evidence that microorganisms were
reported to be cultured from meteorite debris.
• It has also been found out that spores of microorganisms such as Bacillus
subtilis can live up to 6 years in space when shielded from UV radiation.
THEORY OF SPONTANEOUS
GENERATION OR “ABIOGENESIS”

• Claims that organisms arise from nonliving components.


It claims that animals and plants arose from mud in a
bottom of a pool, from the decomposition of infusions or
various other materials, rather than through preexisting
forms of life or by special creation.
THE BIOGENESIS THEORY

• Was proposed by the Italian physician Francesco Redi. He attempted


to verify whether flies were indeed formed from mud, as claimed by
most scientists during his.
• He theorized that the spontaneous generation of organisms from
nonliving matter is simply because the naked eyes cannot see their
eggs. In line with this theory, he conducted series of experiments
such as killing snakes and other animals and placing their flesh into
open boxes until the bodies of animals become putrid, flies get near
them, and eventually maggots appear.
OPARIN-HALDANE THEORY

• Is an offshoot of the claims of John Burdon Sanderson


Haldane and Aleksandr Oparin, who individually proposed
that the early life on Earth emerged from oceans. They both
believed that the highly reducing atmosphere of the Earth,
energy from sunlight and lightning, together with
macromolecules and nutrients dissolved in oceans, made
the emergence of the first forms of life.
COACERVATION THEORY
• States that molecules such as proteins, lipids, and other
biomolecules have assembled themselves into primitive
cells in the presence of water.
• This is in line with the observation that fatty acids, having
both hydrophilic and hydrophobic components, could form
different structures such as liposomes which could serve as
a barrier between the inner and outer environments of the
developing cells.
UREY-MILLER HYPOTHESIS
• The highly reducing atmosphere of the early Earth contains
methane, water vapor, and gases other than oxygen. When energy
such as lightning is discharged through these molecules, larger
biomolecules such as amino acid and carbohydrates could be
synthesized and deposited In oceans.
• The oceans could serve as a reservoir where the biomolecules have
assembled themselves, developed, and undergo
compartmentalization and undergo reproduction. This hypothesis
was proven by the Urey Miller experiment which was conducted in
1952, which supported the Oparin-Haldane theory.

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