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Hydrothermal vents may have supplied energy precursor for early life
Original: Hydrothermal vents supply a geochemical precursor of ATP that could have powered early life
New research suggests hydrothermal vents on the ocean floor provide a geochemical precursor of ATP, the molecule that stores energy in living cells. Scientists say this chemistry could have powered the earliest life on Earth before biological processes evolved, offering a plausible bridge between geology and metabolism in origin-of-life studies.
Why now: The finding addresses the long-standing open question of how life first obtained energy on early Earth.
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- Hydrothermal vents supply a geochemical precursor of ATP that could have powered early life · Phys.org
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