Q. Miller synthesized simple amino acids from one of the following mixtures in his experiment

A) $CH_{4},NH_{3},H_{2}$ and water vapour
B) $H_{2},O_{2},N_{2}$ and water vapour
C) $H_{2},O_{2},C_{2}$ and water vapour
D) $CH_{4},NH_{3},C_{2}$ and water vapour
Explanation

Experimental Evidences of Chemical Evolution Experi ik mentally chemical theory of evolution performed by SL Miller and HC Uray in 1953. He created electric discharge in a closed flask containing $CH_{4},H_{2},NH_{3}$ and water vapour at 800 C. He observed formation of amino acids. In similar experiments other the observed, formation of sugar, nitrogen bases, pigments and fats [image:7_image18.png] The first non-cellular forms of life could have originated-3 billion years back. The first cellular form of life did not possibly originated till about 2 billion years ago because the conditions were non-biogenic at that time. This version of biogenesis, i.e., the first form of life arose slowly through evolutionary forces from non-living molecule was accepted by majority

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