Lightning may have provided a key mineral for early life on Earth – Big Think

Even the youngest child often wonders where they came from. For many scientists, a group of people known for retaining their childlike wonder, the question naturally evolves to asking how life itself originated on Earth. As is often the case when working with questions about the Earth billions of years ago, those trying to answer this one have access to a limited amount of data.Now, a chance finding from a lightning strike in Illinois may reshape how we understand the beginnings of life on this…

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