11.29.09
What did first cell consume?
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reece sullivan said,
November 29, 2009 at 1:52 pm ·
nemo or others,
I have a simple question that I’ve been wondering about the last few days: is there any speculation on what the first cell consumed? Ate, in other words? It’s a fun thing to imagine the first cell forming, but it seems to come with these very natural questions, too. Another question would involve the fact that we take for granted that cells can replicate themselves, as though this weren’t even worth mentioning . . . but it seems to me that the highly unlikely scenario of life forming on earth in the first billion years coupled with the fact that that first cell actually survived long enough to replicate itself is quite a feat, indeed. Then, after picturing this, I arrive at the first question: what the hell did they live off of?I ask it in earnest, knowing that someone else must’ve surely speculated on this.
Anyone have any answers?