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Following are the two statements regarding the origin of life :

  1. The earliest organisms that appeared on the earth were non-green and presumably anaerobes.
  2. The first autotrophic organisms were the chemoautotrophs that never released oxygen.

Of the above statements which one of the following options is correct?

Option: 1

(a) is correct but (b) is false.


Option: 2

(b) is correct but (a) is false.


Option: 3

Both (a) and (b) are correct.


Option: 4

Both (a) and (b) are false.


Answers (1)

According to the abiogenesis hypothesis, both of the statements about the origin of life are true. It is believed that non-living substances like simple organic compounds are where life first began.

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