Uploaded May 2015 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
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Have you ever wondered how life first got started on Earth? So do scientists! Though the question has not yet been fully answered, a careful study of Chemical Evolution is beginning to shed light on this mystery.
In this film you will learn what Chemical Evolution is, how it works, and how it is different from Biological Evolution.
This animation was paid for by the Center for Chemical Evolution, the National Science Foundation, and NASA!
3D GRAPHICS
This animation is our first to include 3D graphics which were produced by artist Jason Moon. If you need 3D work done for your project, we highly recommend the guy. He can be reached at jason.daniel.moon@gmail.com
LEARN MORE
For an overview of research that has been done on abiotic fatty-acid membrane formation, check out this paper by Dr. Pierre-Alain Monnard and Stated Clearly’s science advisor Dr. David W. Deamer.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ar.10154/full
Read about the solubility of fatty-acids in warm water. It is this solubility of fatty acids which allows natural selection to sort them out of the mess they are typically produced in during abiotic synthesis.
tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1271/bbb.66.1723
Learn of the bio-molecules discovered on meteorites. These biomolecules were not produced by living creatures, instead, they were created abiotically in a way similar to how we think the first biomolecules formed on Earth!
cshperspectives.cshlp.org/content/2/3/a002105.full
Learn of research done by the Center For Chemical Evolution on a possible precursor to modern genes!
news.sciencemag.org/2013/02/self-assembling-molecules-offer-new-clues-lifes-possible-origin
Check out more of the work done by Center for Chemical Evolution:
centerforchemicalevolution.com
Visit the Stated Clearly website for more on genetics, evolution, and the origin of life:
statedclearly.com
CORRECTIONS:
In this animation I drew the meteorite sugars incorrectly. See this paper for accurate molecular diagrams of the sugars and sugar derivatives found in meteorites: pnas.org/content/113/24/E3322
Support Stated Clearly on Patreon: patreon.com/statedclearly
Have you ever wondered how life first got started on Earth? So do scientists! Though the question has not yet been fully answered, a careful study of Chemical Evolution is beginning to shed light on this mystery.
In this film you will learn what Chemical Evolution is, how it works, and how it is different from Biological Evolution.
This animation was paid for by the Center for Chemical Evolution, the National Science Foundation, and NASA!
3D GRAPHICS
This animation is our first to include 3D graphics which were produced by artist Jason Moon. If you need 3D work done for your project, we highly recommend the guy. He can be reached at jason.daniel.moon@gmail.com
LEARN MORE
For an overview of research that has been done on abiotic fatty-acid membrane formation, check out this paper by Dr. Pierre-Alain Monnard and Stated Clearly’s science advisor Dr. David W. Deamer.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ar.10154/full
Read about the solubility of fatty-acids in warm water. It is this solubility of fatty acids which allows natural selection to sort them out of the mess they are typically produced in during abiotic synthesis.
tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1271/bbb.66.1723
Learn of the bio-molecules discovered on meteorites. These biomolecules were not produced by living creatures, instead, they were created abiotically in a way similar to how we think the first biomolecules formed on Earth!
cshperspectives.cshlp.org/content/2/3/a002105.full
Learn of research done by the Center For Chemical Evolution on a possible precursor to modern genes!
news.sciencemag.org/2013/02/self-assembling-molecules-offer-new-clues-lifes-possible-origin
Check out more of the work done by Center for Chemical Evolution:
centerforchemicalevolution.com
Visit the Stated Clearly website for more on genetics, evolution, and the origin of life:
statedclearly.com
CORRECTIONS:
In this animation I drew the meteorite sugars incorrectly. See this paper for accurate molecular diagrams of the sugars and sugar derivatives found in meteorites: pnas.org/content/113/24/E3322
