A new species of microorganism is discovered in a barren desert habitat. Researchers find that the...

A new species of microorganism is discovered in a barren desert habitat. Researchers find that the species does not require any from of water to exist. How would discovery of this species require modification of hypotheses about the origins of life on earth?

a. The idea of membrane-bound protobionts as the first cells would not necessarily be true any longer.

b. The presence of an electronic charge between water and lightning in Earth's early atmosphere would be modified.

c. Amino acids developing from the primordial soup of inorganic compounds would no longer be valid.

d. Hypotheses about life on Earth originating in early oceans would need to be revised.

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(d) Hypothesis about the life on Earth originating in a early oceans would need to be revised.

Explanation:

As we know it is stated that earth was cool for about 500 million years after its origin . It is assumed that there were no ocean formation then , hence no formation of life. But if this data is true and there are organisms who could thrive without water, then there is probability that they might be the pioneer community. May be life has originated in the soil somehow. When after 500 million years the core of the earth began heating and water started flowing from the depressions, these organisms switched to water for survival. So this data tremendously affects the idea of origin of life in the ocean.

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