Humanity has long wondered where we come from, or why life itself even exists in the first place. It's the ultimate question for many, and countless scientists have devoted their lives to getting closer to the answer. Now, r
It’s the ultimate question for many, and countless scientists have devoted their lives to getting closer to the answer. Now, researchers from Canada’s McMaster University, in tandem with scientists from Germany’s Max Planck Institute, believe they may actually have the answer, and it all began some 4 billion years ago, give or take. Drawing on previous research in a number of different scientific fields, the researchers played connect-the-dots, and arrived at a very interesting conclusion. According to the researchers, the most plausible answer to how life initially formed seems to be that meteorites slammed into ponds here on Earth, prompting the formation of self-replicating RNA molecules thanks to ideal nutrients in the water.