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HistoryofLifeonEarth
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TheAgeofEarth
• Whenearthformed4.6billionyearsagoitwasaafieryballofmoltenrock
• Eventuallythemoltenrockcooledandformedthecrust
• Watervaporintheatmospherecondensedtoformtheoceans
• Mostscientiststhinkthatlifearoseoutoftheseearlyoceans
• Rockshavebeendatedback,sothissupportstheideaofagradualchange
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MeasuringEarth’sAge
• Radiometricdating-istheestimationoftheageofanobjectbymeasuringitscontentofcertainradioactiveisotopes
• Anisotopeisaformofanelementwhoseatomicmassdiffersfromthatofotheratomsofthesameelement
• Radioisotopes-areunstableisotopesthatbreakdown&giveoffenergyintheformofchargedparticles(radiation)
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MeasuringEarth’sAge• Thebreakdown,calledradioactivedecay,resultsinother
isotopesthataresmallerandmorestable
• Thetimeittakesfor½ofagivenamountofaradioisotope
todecayiscalledtheradioisotope’shalf-life
• Bymeasuringtheproportionsofcertainradioisotopesand
theirproductsofdecay,scientistscancomputehowmany
half-liveshaspassedsincetherockwasformed
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FormationoftheBasicChemicalsofLife
• Mostscientistthinkthatlifeonearthdevelopedthru
naturalchemicalandphysicalprocesses
• Peoplethinkthatthepathtodevelopmentoflivingthings
beganwhenmoleculesofnon-livingmatterreacted
chemicallyduringthe1stbillionyearsofEarth’shistory
• Thesechemicalreactionsproducedmanydifferent
simple,organicmolecules
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FormationoftheBasicChemicalsofLife
• Energizedbythesunandvolcanicheat,thesesimple,organicmoleculesformedmore-complexmoleculesthateventuallybecamethebuildingblocksofthe1stcells
• Thehypothesisthatorganicmoleculesnecessaryforlifecanbemadefromnon-livingmoleculeshasbeentestedandsupportedbyexperiments
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The“PrimordialSoup”Model
• 1920’s,RussianscientistsA.I.OparinandBritishscientists
J.B.SHaldanebothsuggestedthatearlyearth’soceans
containedlargeamountsoforganicmolecules
• Thishypothesisbecameknownastheprimordialsoupmodel
• Theyhypothesizedthatthesemoleculesformed
spontaneouslyinchemicalreactionsactivatedbyenergyfrom
sunlight,lightning,&volcanoes
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The“PrimordialSoup”Model
• Oparin,togetherwithAmericanscientistsHaroldUrey,&
othersproposedthat’searth’searlyatmospherelacked
oxygen
• Richinnitrogen,hydrogen,andhydrogen-richgasessuchas
(watervapor;H20,ammoniaNH3;andmethaneCH4)
• Theyreasonedthatelectronsinthesegaseswouldhavebeen
frequentlypushedtohigherenergylevelsbylightparticles
fromthesunorlightning
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The“PrimordialSoup”Model
• Today,highenergyelectronsarequicklysoakedupbytheoxygenintheearth’satmosphereb/coxygenatomshaveagreat“thirst”forelectrons
• Sow/outoxygentheelectronswouldhavereactedwithhydrogenmolecules,formingarichvarietyoforganiccompounds
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The“PrimordialSoup”Model:Urey/MillerExperiment
• 1953,thishypothesiswastestedbyStanleyMiller,whowasworkingwithUrey
• Millerplacedthegasestheythoughtwasabundantonearlyearthintoadevice
• Tosimulatelightning,heusedsparks
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The“PrimordialSoup”Model:Urey/MillerExperiment
• Afterafewdays,Millerfoundacomplexcollectionoforganicmoleculesinhisdevice
• Hefound:aminoacids,fattyacids,andotherhydrocarbons
• Theseresultsupportthehypothesisthatsomebasicchemicalsoflifecouldhaveformedspontaneouslyunderconditionslikethoseintheexperiment
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ReevaluatingtheUrey/MillerModel
• WenowknowthatamixtureofgasesusedinMiller’sexperimentcouldn’thaveexistedonearlyearth
• 4bya,earthdidn’thaveaprotectivelayerofozonegas,O3
• TodayozoneprotectsfromharmfulUVRaysfromthesun
• W/outozonetheUVrayswoulddestroyanyammoniaormethaneintheatmosphere
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ReevaluatingtheUrey/MillerModel
• W/outthesegases,nokeybiologicalorganicmoleculesweremade
• Ifthechemicalsneededtoformlifewerenotintheatmosphere,wheredidtheycomefrom?
• Somescientistsarguethatchemicalscamefromoceanbubblesordeepseavents
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TheBubbleModel
• 1986,geophysicistLouisLermansuggestedthatthekeyprocessesthatformedthechemicalsneededforlifetookplacewithinbubblesontheocean’sfloor.
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Precursorsofthe1stCells
• Thereareenormousdifferencesbetweensimpleorganicmolecules&largeorganicmoleculesfoundinlivingcells
• Inlabs,scientistshaven’tbeenabletomakeeitherproteinsorDNAfromspontaneouslyinwater
• However,shortchainsofRNA,thenucleicacidthathelpscarryoutDNA’sinstructions,havebeenmadetoformontheirowninwater
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APossibleRoleasCatalysts• Inthe1980s,AmericanscientistsThomasCechandSidneyAltmanfoundthatcertainRNAmoleculescanactlikeenzymes
• RNA’s3-Dstructureprovidesasurfaceonwhichchemicalreactionscanbecatalyzed
• mRNAactsasaninfo-storingmolecule
• ByCech’s&Altman’sworkonotherexperimentsshowingthatRNAmoleculescanformspontaneouslyinwater;ahypothesiswasformed
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APossibleRoleasCatalysts
• RNAwasthe1stself-replicatinginformation-storagemoleculeanditcatalyzedtheassemblyofthe1stproteins.Moreimportant,suchamoleculewouldhavebeencapableofchangingfrom1generationtothenext
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Microspheres&Coacervates
• Observationsshowthatlipids,whichmakeupcellmembranes,tendtogathertogetherinwater
• Byshakingoilandvinegarinabottleyouseesmallspheresofoilforminthevinegar
• Certainlipids,whencombinedwithothermolecules,canformatinydropletwhosesurfaceresemblesacellmembrane
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Microspheres&Coacervates
• Similarly,experimentshaveshownthat,inwater,shortchainsofaminoacidscangatherintotinydropletscalledmicrospheres
• Anothertypeofdropletcalledacoacervateiscomposedofmoleculesofdifferenttypes,includinglinkedaminoacidsandsugars
• Scientiststhinkthatformationofmicrospheresmighthavebeena1ststeptowardscellularorganization
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Microspheres&Coacervates
• Accordingtothishypothesis,microspheresformed,persistedforawhile,andthendispersed
• Overmillionsofyears,thosemicrospheresthatcouldpersistlongerbyincorporatingmoleculesandenergywouldhavebecomemorecommonthanshorterlastingmicrosphereswere
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Microspheres&Coacervates
• Microspherescouldn’tbeconsideredtruecells,however;unlesstheyhadthetraitsoflivingthings,includingheredity
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OriginofHeredity
• ManyagreethatDNAevolvedafterRNAandthat“RNAenzymes”catalyzedtheassemblyoftheearliestproteins
• SomeagreethatmicrosphereswithRNAwereabletotransfertheirtraitstooffspring
• Butwereallydon’tknow
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TheEvolutionofProkaryotes
• Whendidlifeform?• Westudyfossils• Fossil-isthepreservedormineralizedremainsorimprintofanorganismthatlivedlongago
• Oldestdateback2.5billionyears
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850 million year old fossil “cyanobacteria”
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TheEvolutionofProkaryotes
• Recallthatprokaryotesaresingle-celledorganismsthatlackinternalmembrane-boundorganelles
• Amongthe1stweremarinecyanobacteria• Cyanobacteria-arephotosyntheticprokaryotes• B4cyanobacteriaappeared,oxygenwasscarceonearth,butthecyanobacteriagaveoffoxygenasabi-product
• Thisoxygeneventuallyescapedtotheair
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2GroupsofProkaryotes
• Earlyinthehistoryoflife,2differentgroupsofprokaryotesevolved-eubacteria(whicharenowknownasbacteria)andarchaebacteria
• Eubacteriacontainachemicalcalledpeptidoglycanintheircellwalls
• Archaebacterialackpeptidoglycanintheircellwallsandhaveuniquelipidsintheircellmembranes
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2GroupsofProkaryotes
• Archaebacteriaarethoughttocloselyresemblethe1stprokaryotestohaveexistedonearth
• Chemicalevidenceindicatesthatthefirsteukaryoticcellsweremorelikelytohaveevolvedfromarchaebacteriathanfromeubacteria
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E.ColiEubacteria
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Archaebacteria
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TheEvolutionofEukaryotes
• ~1.5bya,the1steukaryotesappeared• Almostalleukaryoteshavemitochondriasandchloroplastsarefoundonlyinprotistsandplants
• Mitochondriaandchloroplastarethesizeofprokaryotes,andtheycontaintheirownDNA
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TheOriginofMitochondriaandChloroplast
• Mostscientiststhinktheseoriginatedasdescribedbythetheoryofendosymbiosis
• Itwasproposedin1966byLynnMargulis• Itproposesthatmitochondriaarethedescendantsofsymbiotic,aerobiceubacteriaandchloroplastsarethedescendantsofsymbiotic,photosyntheticeubacteria
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TheOriginofMitochondriaandChloroplast
• AccordingtoLynnMargulis’stheoryofendosymbiosis,bacteriaenteredlargecellseitherasparasitesorasundigestedprey
• Insteadofbeingdigested,thebacteriastartedtoliveinthehostcell,wheretheyperformedeithercellularrespirationorphotosynthesis
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Evidenceforthetheory
• Sizeandstructure:mitoandchloroplastarethesamesizeasmosteubacteria.Botharedoublemembraned.ThesmoothinnermembraneofmitoisthoughttobederivedoffromtheERofalargerhostcell,alsotheinnermembraneisfoldedmuchlikethemembranesofmanyaerobicbacteria
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Evidenceforthetheory
• Geneticmaterial-mitoandchloroplasthavecircularDNAsimilartochromosomesfoundinbacteria;mitoandchloroplastcontaingenesthataredifferentfromthosefoundinthenucleusofthehostcell
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Evidenceforthetheory
• Ribosomes-mitoandchloroplastribosomeshavesimilarsizeandstructuretothatofbacterialribosomes
• Reproduction-likebacteria,mitoandchloroplastreproducebysimplefission.Thisreplicationtakesplaceindependentlyofthecellcycleofthehostcell
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Multicellularity
• Manybiologistgroupalllivingthingsinto6broadcategoriescalledkingdoms
• The3oldestkingdoms,eubacteriaandarchaebacteria,aremadeupofsingle-celledprokaryotes
• The1steukaryotickingdomwasthekingdomProtista• Protistsareagroupthatconsistofmulticellularandunicellularorganisms
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Multicellularity
• Theunicellularbodyplanhasbeenverysuccessful,½ofearth’sbiomassisunicellular
• Butmulticellularhashadtheopportunitytoariseb/cmanytimescellsgetspecialized
• Almosteveryorganismthatcanbeseenwiththenakedeyeismulticellular
• Fungi,plants,andanimalsevolvedindependentlyfromprotists
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OriginofModernOrganisms
• MostphylathatexisttodayprobablyoriginatedduringtheCambrianperiodfrom540millionto505mya.
• Manyunusualmarineanimalsappearedatthistime,thattherearenocurrentlivingrelatives
• AveryrichcollectionofCambrianfossilswasuncoveredinCanadacalledtheBurgessShalein1909
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OriginofModernOrganisms
• TheOrdovicianPeriod,whichfollowedtheCambrianlastedfromabout505to438mya
• Duringthistimemanymarineanimalscontinuedtothriveintheseasuntilabout250mya
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MassExtinctions
• ThefossilrecordindicatesthatasuddenchangeoccurredattheendoftheOrdovicianPeriod
• About440mya,alargepercentageofEarth’sorganismsbecameextinct
• Extinction-deathofallthemembersofaspecies• Thiswasthe1stof5majormassextinctions
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MassExtinctions
• MassExtinction-isanepisodeduringwhichlargenumbersofspeciesbecomeextinct
• AnotherM.E.ofaboutthesamesizehappenedabout360mya
• The3rdandmostdevastatingofalloccurredattheendofthePermianPeriodabout245mya
• About96%ofalllivingspeciesdied
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MassExtinctions
• About65mya,afourth,lessdevastatingM.E.occurred
• Althoughthespecificcausesoftheseextinctionsareunknown,evidenceindicatesthatworldwidegeologicalandweatherchangeswerelikelyfactors
• The5thM.E.occurredabout35mya;andkilled2/3ofalllandbasedanimals
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