<story><title>Charles Darwin’s hunch about early life was probably right</title><url>https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20201110-charles-darwin-early-life-theory</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>cblconfederate</author><text>for those impatient like me (aaargh!):&lt;p&gt;&amp;gt; Darwin was proposing that life began, not in the open ocean, but in a smaller body of water on land, which was rich in chemicals</text></comment>
<story><title>Charles Darwin’s hunch about early life was probably right</title><url>https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20201110-charles-darwin-early-life-theory</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>rakkhi</author><text>I&amp;#x27;m more partial to the idea that a metabolic system to harness energy had to develop before replication and that life started in alkaline hydrothermal vents rather than ponds due to the delivery of energy and concentration of chemicals. Really enjoyed Nick Lane&amp;#x27;s writing on this topic, highly recommend his books.&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;nick-lane.net&amp;#x2F;publications&amp;#x2F;origin-life-alkaline-hydrothermal-vents-2&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;nick-lane.net&amp;#x2F;publications&amp;#x2F;origin-life-alkaline-hydr...&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>