Chemists concoct polyester “cells” that may plug gaps in origins of life

The missing link of evolution is often thought of as a step between apes and humans, but the biggest gap lies between non-living matter and the earliest living cells. A new study has found a mechanism that may have helped droplets transition into early cells, taking place in ponds, puddles and waterways that dried out and refilled repeatedly over time.

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Tau.Neutrino said:

Chemists concoct polyester “cells” that may plug gaps in origins of life

The missing link of evolution is often thought of as a step between apes and humans, but the biggest gap lies between non-living matter and the earliest living cells. A new study has found a mechanism that may have helped droplets transition into early cells, taking place in ponds, puddles and waterways that dried out and refilled repeatedly over time.

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Too late. Cells with bilayer membranes that are the size of bacteria have already been detected in Miller-Urey experiments in the mid 1970s.

There’s no point in wild guesses as to whether these cell membranes are polyester-like or protein-like or lipid-like. Somebody needs to dissect one that has already been generated de-novo and tell us what it’s make from.