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Oxygen in the atmosphere makes a fresh origin of life impossible, which is why life cannot be starting over in hydrothermal vents today.

Drawn from what Nick Lane said

Subjectevolutionary biology
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evolutionary biology Natural selection as an explanation, including the problem of how cooperation survives it.

What Nick Lane actually said

  1. Nick Lane Biochemist at University College London
    It’s possible it started multiple occasions. There’s two provisos to that. One of them is oxygen makes it impossible really for life to start. So, as soon as we’ve got oxygen in the atmosphere, then life isn’t going to keep starting over.

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    ↗Nick Lane: Origin of Life, Evolution, Aliens, Biology, and Consciousness | Lex Fridman Podcast #318youtube.com

    7 Sept 2022 · video · 3h 43m · spoken · official transcript

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