What is the minimum structural, metabolic, and genetic equipment of a postprotobiont that one would consider to be a true primitive cell?
Your question relates to the origin of life, a topic that has received a lot of attention in the scientific literature, especially since the discovery of deep sea hydrothermal vents in 1977. I think you might enjoy beginning with an article in Scientific American. There are further references therein. Here is the reference: Title: Life’s Rocky Start Author: Robert M. Hazen Date: April 2001 Pages: 76-86 Abstract: Air, water and rock were the only raw materials available on the early earth. The first living entitities must been fabricated from these primitive resources. New experiments suggest that minerals – the basic components of the rocks – could have played starring roles in that dramatic feat.
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