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.......... was the first to obtain indirect evidence that organic molecules could have been formed on the early earth.
.......... was the first to obtain indirect evidence that organic molecules could have been formed on the early earth.
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The correct option is C Miller
- In 1953, Stanley Miller and Harold Urey did an experiment to test that organic molecules could be spontaneously produced under reducing conditions thought to resemble those of early earth.
- After letting the experiment run for a week, Miller and Urey found that various types of amino acids, sugars, lipids and other organic molecules had formed.
- Large, complex molecules like DNA and protein were missing, but the Miller-Urey experiment showed that at least some of the building blocks for these molecules could form spontaneously from simple compounds.
- From the experiments, it seems reasonable to imagine that at least some of life's building blocks could have formed abiotically on early Earth.
So the correct option is 'Miller'.
- In 1953, Stanley Miller and Harold Urey did an experiment to test that organic molecules could be spontaneously produced under reducing conditions thought to resemble those of early earth.
- After letting the experiment run for a week, Miller and Urey found that various types of amino acids, sugars, lipids and other organic molecules had formed.
- Large, complex molecules like DNA and protein were missing, but the Miller-Urey experiment showed that at least some of the building blocks for these molecules could form spontaneously from simple compounds.
- From the experiments, it seems reasonable to imagine that at least some of life's building blocks could have formed abiotically on early Earth.
So the correct option is 'Miller'.
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