Tom Ellis

@proftomellis

Synthetic Biology & Synthetic Genomics @ Imperial College London and the Sanger Institute. Bilingual in English and DNA. D-/L-

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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.

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This is figure 2, which shows thermal modifications to the Hadean crust from impact bombardment.

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Conditions that could sustain the proposed 'RNA World' may have stabilized around 4.33 billion years ago

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Conditions that could sustain the proposed 'RNA World' may have stabilized around 4.33 billion years ago