History of life on Earth

Cards (3)

  • Evolution of RNA and DNA
    One hypothesis suggests that RNA evolved before DNA
  • Where did life evolve?
    • Cold volcanic vents were the best environment for organic reaction to occur during early Earth.
  • Endosymbiosis
    • Process of life begins from prokaryotes to eukaryotes.
    • Serial Endosymbiotic Theory - Chloroplast and Mitochondria evolved from symbiotic bacteria that lived inside a larger prokaryote.
    • Sexual Reproduction - arose soon after eukaryotic