- Moderator
- #81
Well, all living things have DNA, right? Without DNA, they cannot develop, right? So, for the sake of this discussion, let's say that non-organic material somehow morphed into a life form via a "primordial soup". How would that life form develop without the prerequisite DNA that is needed to develop?The best theory is the primordial soup, lightning and other factors were the origins of the first cellular organisms.
All living cells now have DNA. The prevailing theory is that RNA could have been part of the original cells and replicated that way.
Given how fragile single cell organisms are, and the immense length of time since the first cells came into being, there is no way to know.