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08.08.2019 • 
Biology

a new species of microorganism is discovered in a barren desert habitat. researchers find that the species does not require any form of water to exist. how would discovery of this species require modification of hypotheses about the origins of life on earth?
a. amino acids developing from the "primordial soup" of inorganic compounds would no longer be valid. b. hypotheses about life on earth originating in early oceans would need to be revised.
c. the idea of membrane-bound protobionts as the first cells would not necessarily be true any longer.
d. the presence of an electronic charge between water and lightning in earth's early atmosphere would be modified.

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