Greetings,

An interesting article I have come across in science journals lately is the idea that clay surfaces were essential for the formation of organic molecules in the early history of the Earth.

Research by Leslie Orgel (Salk Institute, US) has shown that montmorillonit clay is an effective catalyst for nucleotide oligomerisation, while illite clay and hydroxyapatite do the same for amino acids.

Occording to Orgel and his co-workers, clay surfaces encourage the polymerisation of monomers and growth of organic molecules, and probably was the 'template' needed to create life.

This seems to justify the creation myth that man was indeed created from clay!!

• However... - richard - June 1, 2001 - 01:10 UTC
  • Yes...... - yunus - June 1, 2001 - 23:55 UTC
    • Lets look at it this way - richard - June 2, 2001 - 03:57 UTC
    • details.....details...details... - isaiaha41 - June 2, 2001 - 13:22 UTC
      • Brian, evolution did not put Webster in a day. - alexander - June 5, 2001 - 02:06 UTC
        • Hey, give him a break.... - crowslayer - June 14, 2001 - 06:23 UTC
          • Hey, good quote - bobsal - June 14, 2001 - 16:55 UTC
            • Yep: and good ol' Jack was killed by the Martians seconds later! - stormcrow - June 14, 2001 - 20:54 UTC
        • I for one don't believe it - bobsal - June 14, 2001 - 16:51 UTC
• One myth halfway proven, only 3,425,146 to go! :) - stormcrow - June 1, 2001 - 02:28 UTC