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    Oparin and Haldane independently proposed that under the reducing atmosphere of early Earth, organic molecules could form from abiogenic materials with an energy source like UV radiation. They believed the first life forms arose in the warm ocean and obtained nutrients without photosynthesis. Oparin suggested these early life forms developed from lipid coacervates that could absorb compounds and undergo metabolic reactions more efficiently than free molecules. Haldane agreed simple molecules became more complex over time, eventually forming the first cells. Their ideas formed the foundation for later abiogenesis research.

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    Oparin and Haldane independently proposed that under the reducing atmosphere of early Earth, organic molecules could form from abiogenic materials with an energy source like UV radiation. They believed the first life forms arose in the warm ocean and obtained nutrients without photosynthesis. Oparin suggested these early life forms developed from lipid coacervates that could absorb compounds and undergo metabolic reactions more efficiently than free molecules. Haldane agreed simple molecules became more complex over time, eventually forming the first cells. Their ideas formed the foundation for later abiogenesis research.

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    Oparin-Haldane theory In the 1920s British scientist 

    J.B.S. Haldane and Russian


    biochemist Aleksandr Oparin independently set forth similar ideas concerning the conditions
    required for the origin of life on Earth. Both believed that organic molecules could be formed
    from abiogenic materials in the presence of an external energy source (e.g., ultraviolet radiation)
    and that the primitive atmosphere was reducing (having very low amounts of free oxygen) and
    contained ammonia and water vapour, among other gases. Both also suspected that the first life-
    forms appeared in the warm, primitive ocean and were heterotrophic (obtaining preformed
    nutrients from the compounds in existence on early Earth) rather than autotrophic (generating
    food and nutrients from sunlight or inorganic materials).

    Oparin believed that life developed from coacervates, microscopic spontaneously formed


    spherical aggregates of lipid molecules that are held together by electrostatic forces and that may
    have been precursors of cells. Oparin’s work with coacervates confirmed
    that enzymes fundamental for the biochemical reactions of metabolism functioned more
    efficiently when contained within membrane-bound spheres than when free in aqueous solutions.
    Haldane, unfamiliar with Oparin’s coacervates, believed that simple organic molecules formed
    first and in the presence of ultraviolet light became increasingly complex, ultimately forming
    cells. Haldane and Oparin’s ideas formed the foundation for much of the research on abiogenesis
    that took place in later decades.
    https://www.britannica.com/science/Oparin-Haldane-theory

    Oparin-Haldane Hypothesis In the early decades of the 20th century, Aleksandr Oparin (in
    1924), and John Haldane (in 1929, before Oparin's first book was translated into English),
    independently suggested that if the primitive atmosphere was reducing (as opposed to oxygen-
    rich), and if there was an appropriate supply of energy, such as lightning or ultraviolet light, then
    a wide range of organic compounds might be synthesised.

    Oparin suggested that the organic compounds could have undergone a series of reactions leading
    to more and more complex molecules. He proposed that the molecules formed colloid
    aggregates, or 'coacervates', in an aqueous environment. The coacervates were able to absorb and
    assimilate organic compounds from the environment in a way reminiscent of metabolism. They
    would have taken part in evolutionary processes, eventually leading to the first lifeforms.

    Haldane's ideas about the origin of life were very similar to Oparin's. Haldane proposed that the
    primordial sea served as a vast chemical laboratory powered by solar energy. The atmosphere
    was oxygen free, and the combination of carbon dioxide, ammonia and ultraviolet radiation gave
    rise to a host of organic compounds. The sea became a 'hot dilute soup' containing large
    populations of organic monomers and polymers. Haldane envisaged that groups of monomers
    and polymers aquired lipid membranes, and that further developments eventually led to the first
    living cells. Haldane coined the term 'prebiotic soup', and this became a powerful symbol of the
    Oparin-Haldane view of the origin of life.

    https://www.simsoup.info/Origin_Landmarks_Oparin_Haldane.html

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