ScienceConditions that could sustain the proposed 'RNA World' may have stabilized around 4.33 billion years ago
Nature Communications describes a 3-D thermal model identifying a possible window for life's origin, when reduced bombardment enabled mild hydrothermal niches.
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Nature Portfolio says a modeling study published in Nature Communications suggests conditions that could sustain the RNA World—a proposed early stage of life—may have stabilized around 4.33 billion years ago. A quote post questions the compressed timeline, asking how Earth could have gone from inhospitable bombardment at 4.4 billion years ago to an RNA World at 4.3 billion and dividing, evolving cells at 4.2 billion.
Conditions that could sustain the proposed 'RNA World' may have stabilized around 4.33 billion years ago
Nature Communications describes a 3-D thermal model identifying a possible window for life's origin, when reduced bombardment enabled mild hydrothermal niches.
