Challenge to Origin of Life: Biopolymers (Long Story Short, Ep. 5)

We’re often told that origin of life experiments have simulated the production of life’s building blocks under conditions that mimicked the early earth. Or at least that’s what many textbooks say. But is this really true? This video deals with one particular challenge to evolving life from chemicals: forming biopolymers under natural conditions. Watch this video to appreciate how origin of life experiments don’t come anywhere close to accounting for the vast complexity of biology. This is the second of several episodes about the origin of life presented as part of the Long Story Short series.

For more episodes in Long Story Short, see:    • Long Story Short  

For more about abiogenesis, the origin of life, chemical evolution, and similar topics, see James Tour on the riddle of life's beginnings,    • The Riddle Of Life's Beginnings feat....  

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