Life’s First Peptides May Have Grown on RNA Strands – Quanta Magazine https://www.quantamagazine.org Illuminating science Mon, 16 Sep 2024 14:10:47 -0400 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.2 Life’s First Peptides May Have Grown on RNA Strands https://www.quantamagazine.org/lifes-first-peptides-may-have-grown-on-rna-20220524/ https://www.quantamagazine.org/lifes-first-peptides-may-have-grown-on-rna-20220524/#respond Tue, 24 May 2022 14:52:08 +0000 https://www.quantamagazine.org/?p=115151 The post Life’s First Peptides May Have Grown on RNA Strands first appeared on Quanta Magazine

]]> The idea that life’s deepest, oldest roots were laid down by RNA molecules that evolved ever more complexity has dominated the origins-of-life field for the past few decades, reigning over competing theories that started instead with peptides or DNA. But recently, the field has shifted toward theories that include more than one protagonist. One that’s gained particular momentum is the idea that...

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