The Origin of Life
The theory of special creation is at the core of most major religions that
life was created by supernatural divine forces. This theory accounts that God
created life as written in the bible. Another possibility proposes that cosmic dust
may have carried significant amounts of complex organic molecules to Earth.
Nor is life on other planets ruled out as according to the theory of panspermia
or the extraterrestrial. Meanwhile, the theory of spontaneous generation
says that life may have evolved from inanimate matter associated with
molecules and became complex. The complexity of the molecules culminated in
the evolution of cells. Since forth, the time of Charles Darwin came, and the
theory of evolution has been subjected to more scrutiny for investigation just
like the other scientific claim.
Evolution is defined as any process of formation, growth, or development.
Charles Darwin published a book on evolution in 1859 titled “On the Origin of
Species”. He also presented a lot of facts that evolution occurs. The following
are the main pieces of evidence supporting evolution:
1. Species share similarities as a sign of their common
ancestry, such as diverse insects have six (6) legs.
2. There are progressions of species changing over time such
as wild mustard is associated with other vegetables like
broccoli, cabbage, and cauliflower.
3. The traits which are shown by the species with remnants of
the past generation such as manatees (Trichechus manatus)
are closely related to elephants as shown by the fingernails
on the flippers and hair on the body.
The theory of biogenesis says that living things come from other living
things. This theory was developed by Rudolf Virchow in 1858 as a
counterhypothesis to spontaneous generation. Whereas, the deep-sea
hydrothermal vent theory proposed by Alexander Oparin and John Haldane
mentioned the primordial soup theory. Life started in a primordial soup of
organic molecules. Some form of energy from lightning combined with the
chemicals in the atmosphere to make the amino acids (the building block of
proteins. Finally, the theory of biochemical evolution proposed that at the
molecular level in organisms had changed over a period. These changes
caused deletions, additions, or substitutions of single nucleotides thus the
genomes were duplicated.
The Origin of Life
The theory of special creation is at the core of most major religions that
life was created by supernatural divine forces. This theory accounts that God
created life as written in the bible. Another possibility proposes that cosmic dust
may have carried significant amounts of complex organic molecules to Earth.
Nor is life on other planets ruled out as according to the theory of panspermia
or the extraterrestrial. Meanwhile, the theory of spontaneous generation
says that life may have evolved from inanimate matter associated with
molecules and became complex. The complexity of the molecules culminated in
the evolution of cells. Since forth, the time of Charles Darwin came, and the
theory of evolution has been subjected to more scrutiny for investigation just
like the other scientific claim.
Evolution is defined as any process of formation, growth, or development.
Charles Darwin published a book on evolution in 1859 titled “On the Origin of
Species”. He also presented a lot of facts that evolution occurs. The following
are the main pieces of evidence supporting evolution:
1. Species share similarities as a sign of their common
ancestry, such as diverse insects have six (6) legs.
2. There are progressions of species changing over time such
as wild mustard is associated with other vegetables like
broccoli, cabbage, and cauliflower.
3. The traits which are shown by the species with remnants of
the past generation such as manatees (Trichechus manatus)
are closely related to elephants as shown by the fingernails
on the flippers and hair on the body.
The theory of biogenesis says that living things come from other living
things. This theory was developed by Rudolf Virchow in 1858 as a
counterhypothesis to spontaneous generation. Whereas, the deep-sea
hydrothermal vent theory proposed by Alexander Oparin and John Haldane
mentioned the primordial soup theory. Life started in a primordial soup of
organic molecules. Some form of energy from lightning combined with the
chemicals in the atmosphere to make the amino acids (the building block of
proteins. Finally, the theory of biochemical evolution proposed that at the
molecular level in organisms had changed over a period. These changes
caused deletions, additions, or substitutions of single nucleotides thus the
genomes were duplicated.