title: Could life have arisen in the primitive atmosphere?
abstract: A recently proposed model for the origin of prebiotic progenitors of life in particles suspended in a primitive, specially organized atmosphere is considered critically. It is concluded that the physical and chemical framework of the new hypothesis conflicts with the conditions necessary for the evolution of the progenitors of life in the atmosphere of the early Earth. Therefore this model seems not to be a reasonable alternative to the Oparin thesis.
mesh_terms: D001272:Atmosphere; D005075:Biological Evolution; D002980:Climate; D008957:Models, Genetic; D000069497:Origin of Life; D010100:Oxygen; D013696:Temperature; D014466:Ultraviolet Rays
chemical_list: D010100:Oxygen