How did life begin?

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How did life begin? One key ingredient is coming into view

A Nobel-prizewinning scientist’s team has taken a big step

forward in its quest to reconstruct an early-Earth RNA capable 

of building proteins. Amber Dance, Nature News, February 28, 2023

 

Ancient protein study reveals how natural selection predates life itself

By Michael Irving, News Atlas, February 28, 2023

 

Ancient protein study reveals how natural selection predates life itself

John Hopkins University, February 28, 2023

 

One paper is:

 

Makarov, M., Sanchez Rocha, A.C., Krystufek, R., Cherepashuk, 

I., Dzmitruk, V., Charnavets, T., Faustino, A.M., Lebl, M., 

Fujishima, K., Fried, S.D. and Hlouchova, K., 2022. Early selection

of the amino acid alphabet was adaptively shaped by biophysical

constraints of foldability. Jounral of the American Chemical Society.

Abstract of paywalled paper

PDF of Preprint

 

Yours,

 

Paul H.

Edited March 1, 2023 by Oxytropidoceras
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