Multiple Choice
Aside from the traditional hypothesis that life on Earth developed via organic compounds produced in a reducing atmosphere, which alternative hypotheses is most likely?
A) Life could have arisen from the organic compounds formed around hydrothermal vents far below the ocean floor.
B) Life could have developed on another planet and was then delivered by meteorites.
C) The organic compounds necessary for life were delivered to Earth by meteorites.
D) Life on Earth may have arisen inside land-based volcanoes.
E) The organic compounds necessary for life could only have been produced in an oxidizing atmosphere.
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