Ten Amino Acids Thermodynamically Favored

By Talk Reason

From talkreason.org

April 14th, 2009

talkreason.org — Ten Amino Acids Thermodynamically Favored

While Bible-Thumping Creationists continue to teach that God’s Creationism is the origin of Earth and Man, science continues to trump their efforts.

In the famous Miller-Urey experiment, amino acids, the “building blocks of proteins,” can be relatively easily produced by simple, natural processes. Ten of the 20 life building amino acids were created in conditions similar to the atmosphere of a young planet Earth.

Bottom line:

“...if these 10 amino acids were the basis of life on Earth, and they form so favorably, then there’s a very good chance that life on other planets may have originally used the same 10 amino acids.”
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“...the fact remains that life here on Earth might have a lot in common with life elsewhere....”