What Is Primordial Soup?

In the 1920s, scientists proposed a theory that, 4.5 billion years ago, "primitive soups" of organic molecules existed in the oceans of the earth. These organic molecules are methane and ammonia in the original atmosphere. And chemical reaction with hydrogen. In the early 1950s, someone did an exciting discharge experiment. He used electric sparks (lightning) to pass through a mixture of gases similar to the primitive atmosphere. As a result, a miracle occurred, and 15% of the carbon in methane was transferred, forming small water-soluble organic molecules, including four amino acids, hydrogen cyanide, and formaldehyde.

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