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Along with his colleague Miller, produced an experiment modelling the primordial earth and proved that many of the compounds essential for life, such as amino acids, can be produced by natural processes, such as evaporation, electric shock, heating, cooling, etc.

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Who were Stanley Miller and Harold Urey?

Stanley Miller and Harold Urey were two scientists who send electrical currents through gases that were believed to be Earth's early atmosphere (water vapor, ammonia, hydrogen, and methane). When the gases cooled, they thickened to make a salt water-like liquid that had things in it like amino acid, what is found in present-day cells.


Harold Urey and Stanley Miller were biochemists that were able to?

Harold Urey and Stanley Miller were able to prove the hypothesis that conditions during the early portion of earth's formation were conducive to complex chemical reactions. These reactions formed amino acids, which are the bases of organic compounds that lead to life on earth.


How did Oparin's hypothesis help Miller and Urey?

Oparin's hypothesis proposed that Earth's early atmosphere could have supported the formation of organic molecules, providing the foundational idea for Miller and Urey's experiment. Miller and Urey's experiment aimed to simulate early Earth conditions and demonstrated that organic molecules, including amino acids, could indeed be produced in a laboratory setting, supporting Oparin's hypothesis.


Is the Miller-Urey experiment definitive proof of the origins of life?

The Miller-Urey experiment is not definitive proof of the origins of life. It provided important insights into how simple organic molecules could have formed on early Earth, but it does not fully explain the complex processes involved in the origin of life.


Whose experiment showed how enzymes could have formed inorganically?

The experiment was conducted by Stanley Miller and Harold Urey in 1953. They simulated early Earth conditions and showed that organic molecules, including amino acids, could form from inorganic precursors like water, methane, ammonia, and hydrogen when subjected to energy sources like electricity.