1952 ⟶ Stanley Miller's Experiment on the Origin of Life

Stanley Miller: demonstrated that the building blocks of lif...
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🌱 Oparin proposes early Earth's atmosphere composition for origin of life

Aleksandr Oparin proposed that the Earth's early atmosphere contained methane, ammonia, hydrogen, and water vapor, and that these were the raw materials for the origin of life.⟶
Oparin proposes early Earth's atmosphere composition for origin of life (1922)
Origin of LifeOparinBiochemistryAstrobiologyEarly EarthAtmosphere20th Century Biology
Soviet UnionSoviet Union

🧪 Stanley Miller's Experiment on the Origin of Life

Stanley Miller: demonstrated that the building blocks of life could arise from primeval soup in the conditions present during early Earth (Miller-Urey experiment)⟶
Stanley Miller's Experiment on the Origin of Life (1952)
BiologyAstrobiologyOrigin of LifeStanley MillerMiller-Urey ExperimentPrebiotic ChemistryEvolutionChemical Evolution
United StatesUnited States

⚡ Stanley Miller: Amino Acid Formation from Simulated Lightning

Stanley Miller showed that amino acids can be formed when simulated lightning is passed through vessels containing water, methane, ammonia, and hydrogen⟶
Stanley Miller: Amino Acid Formation from Simulated Lightning (1953)
Origin of LifeAmino AcidsPrebiotic ChemistryMillerUreyOrganic ChemistryAstrobiology1950sExperimentBiogenesis
United StatesUnited States

🧪 Adenine Synthesis from Ammonium Cyanide

Joan Oró found that concentrated solutions of ammonium cyanide in water can produce the nucleotide adenine, a discovery that opened the way for theories on the origin of life.⟶
Adenine Synthesis from Ammonium Cyanide (1961)
Origin of LifeNucleotidesAdenineChemical EvolutionJoan OróPrebiotic Chemistry
SpainSpain