In what environment did life emerge? | Introduction to Earth systems | meriSTEM

Associate Professor Charley Lineweaver from the Australian National University (anu.edu.au) shares what researchers understand about how life emerged on Earth. This as part of a series of educational videos on early life.

This clip has been created by the Research School of Earth Sciences (rses.anu.edu.au). These resources are part of a comprehensive program, curriculum matched to the unit 'Introduction to Earth systems'.

This video touches on the following curriculum descriptors:
Laboratory experimentation has informed theories that life emerged under anoxic atmospheric conditions in an aqueous mixture of inorganic compounds, either in a shallow water setting as a result of lightning strike or in an ocean floor setting due to hydrothermal activity (ACSES026)

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