Meteorites Might Have Provided Activated Phosphorus Needed For Early Life

Meteorites Might Have Provided Activated Phosphorus Needed For Early Life

Origin of Life: Power Behind Primordial Soup Discovered
Science News, Apr. 4, 2013
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/04/130404122234.htm

Meteorites could have been source of life's batteries
by Michael Marshall, New Scientist, no. 2911, p. 13. April 4, 2013
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg21829114.800-meteorites-could-have-been-source-of-lifes-batteries.html

The paper is:
Bryant, D. E., D. Greenfield, R. D. Walshaw, B. R.G. Johnson, and
others, 2013, Hydrothermal modification of the Sikhote-Alin
iron meteorite under low pH geothermal environments. A
plausibly prebiotic route to activated phosphorus on the early
Earth. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. vol. 109, pp. 90-112.
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2012.12.043
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0016703713000161
http://www.researchgate.net/profile/Matthew_Pasek/publications/

PDF file at http://www.clairecousins.com/pdf/GCA2013.pdf

Yous,
Paul H.

Did Ancient Eruptions Form Life's Building Blocks? (and Carbonaceous Chondrites)

Did Ancient Eruptions Form Life's Building Blocks?
Science Friday, March 25, 2001, http://www.sciencefriday.com/program/archives/20110325

 

http://www.npr.org/2011/03/25/134855880/Did-Ancient-Eruptions-Form-Lifes-Building-Blocks

 

Their discussion of the Miller-Urey Experiment also 
involves meteorites.

Miller-Urey Experiment - http://www.ucsd.tv/miller-urey/

 

Origin of Life: An Old Experiment Yields New Clues
Time Magazine, March 22, 2011, http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,2060658,00.html

 

Long-Neglected Experiment Gives New Clues to Origin 
of Life by Sid Perkins, March 21, 2011, http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2011/03/long-neglected-experiment-gives-.html

 

Scientists finish a 53-year-old classic experiment 
on the origins of life, Discover, http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2011/03/21/scientists-finish-a-53-year-old-classic-experiment-on-the-origins-of-life/

 

The paper is:

Parker, E. T., H. J. Cleaves, J. P. Dworkin, D. P. Glavin, M.
Callahan, A. Aubrey, A. Lazcano, and J. L. Bada, 2011,
Primordial synthesis of amines and amino acids in a 
1958 Miller H2S-rich spark discharge experiment.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the 
United States of America. Published online before 
print March 21, 2011, doi: 10.1073/pnas.1019191108
http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2011/03/14/1019191108

 

Yours,

Paul H.