Rain may have provided the essential conditions for the origin of life on Earth, allowing simpler forms of life, like protocells, to develop and evolve over time.
One central idea in this research is that protocells could have formed as membrane-free droplets in liquid mixtures, where early RNA molecules began to replicate and evolve.
The challenge of creating protocells in labs has led scientists to explore alternative models that do not rely on modern cell membranes, facilitating a deeper understanding of early life.
The study suggests that the evolution of life was more complex than previously thought—protocells could have served as the stepping stones towards modern cellular organisms.
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