How and when did life begin on Earth? There is an ideological difference of opinion everywhere regarding the answer to this question. There is no concrete answer regarding this anywhere from scientists to scriptures. This is the reason why scientists all over the world continuously do research on this. In a new study, scientists have claimed that Canada’s Last Chance Lake provides clues to the beginning of life on Earth. Today we will tell you what new claims have been made by scientists regarding the beginning of life on Earth.
How did life begin
Scientist In his research he has said that life started from volcanoes 4 billion years ago. At that time, the chemical elements that had emerged from the upheaval on the earth took organic form and an organism was created. A study published in Nature states that such signs have been found in a shallow lake and a salt water lake in British Columbia, Canada, which indicate when life began.
Professor. What did he say?
Professor Catling of Washington University said that his colleagues have found such conditions from which they can get indications of the beginning of life. They believe that this could be the place where life began. Let us tell you that the research team started the study here on the basis of a report of 1990, in that research report information was given about finding a lot of phosphate.
Last Chance Lake
Let us tell you that Last Chance Lake is only one foot deep. But it contains phosphate in very high quantity. No other lake on Earth has this much phosphate. Phosphate is considered the main element of the basic substances that sustain life. Phosphate is a major element in RNA, DNA and even ATP, the molecule essential for the energy of all forms of life. Phosphate was a thousand times more here than in any other ocean or lake. Let us tell you that water samples from the lake were collected between 2021 and 2022. An analysis revealed that apart from phosphate, the water also contained the mineral dolomite. However, Last Chance Lake is not four billion years old. It is only 10 thousand years old. But from this, scientists definitely understood what the environment would have been like on the ancient Earth. Researchers say there is every reason to believe that such lakes would have been plentiful 4 billion years ago.
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