How are the two organic molecule hypotheses different?


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Two different hypotheses to explain how organic molecules could have formed are the Prebiotic Soup Hypothesis where the early atmosphere contained no oxygen and was a reducing environment. In such an environment, methane, ammonia, hydrogen, and water could be reduced to a variety of amino acids and organic acids. The second is Iron-Sulfur World Hypothesis where hydrothermal vents on the ocean floor, cool water is heated to a temperature as high as 350°C.

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