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Swirling mass of gas and dust
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The age of planet earth
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The oldest known rocks & crystals .
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most cells were all heterotroph
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fossils of stromatolites are known
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some porchs of life were photosynthetic
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appeared similiar to todays world
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A type of small aerobic procaryote was engulfed by & began to live & reproduce inside a larger, anerobic prokaryote .
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noticed & described different developmental forms of life
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instrumental using optical lenses to magnify objects by bending light rays
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Designed an experiment to test the hypothesis of spontaneous generation of microorganisms
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Made a curve-necked flask that allowed air inside the flask to mix w/ air outside the flask
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extensive research on physical structures that gave rise to first cells
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type of RNA found in some unicellular Eukaryotes act as a chemical catalyst
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thought early atmosphere contained ammonia,NH3; hydrogen gas,h2; water vapor, h2o. high temperatures gases might form amino acids .
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establishing the age of materials including the
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produced a variety of organic compounds, including amino acids .
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proposed that early prokaryotic cells may have developed a mutual beneficial relationship