Question

State two postulates of Orparin and Haldane with reference to origin of life.

Answer 1

Oparin and Haldane proposed that the life has been originated by the chemical reactions in an aqueous environment. The postulates proposed by him are:

• The molecules present in the aqueous environment come together to form coacervates or aggregates.
  
• Hydrogen gas served as a reducing agent while methane provided hydrocarbon skeleton for synthesis of organic compounds and the oxygen gas was absent.