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Origin and Evolution ofLife on Earth
Bennett & Shostak Chapter 6
HNRT 228 AstrobiologyFALL 2015w/Dr. H. Geller
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Origin and Evolution of Life on Earth – Chapter 6
Overview
• Searching for the origin (6.1)• Functional beginnings of life (6.2)
– From chemistry to biology at the molecular level
• Prokaryotes and oxygen (6.3)• Eukaryotes and explosion of diversity (6.3)• Mass extinctions, asteroids and climate
change (6.4)• Evolutions of humans (6.5)• Science in Action: Artificial Life (6.6)
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Searching for the origin
• Origin of Life Theories– Special Creation
• Oldest and most widely accepted hypothesis.
– Extraterrestrial Origin• Panspermia - Cosmic material may have
carried complex organic molecules to earth.
– Spontaneous Origin• Life evolved from inanimate matter.
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Panspermia
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Science Searching for the Origin
• Tools and methodologies– Principles of physics (e.g., 1st and 2nd Law of TD)– Principles of geology (e.g., relative/absolute dating)– Principles of chemistry (e.g., chemistry of water)– Principles of biology (e.g., key macromolecules)– Occam’s razor where appropriate
• Conclusions: plausible scenario of the events and processes that lead to the origin of life
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Searching for the Origin: Where on Earth?
• Options– Continental landscapes– Shallow pools– Hot springs– Deep sea vents– Deep in crust– Under frozen seas
• Data to support one or the other– Comparative genomics– Chemical energy (hydrogen sulfide)
FeS + H2S FeS2 + H2 + Free Energy
• Conclusion: deep sea vents– Probability of bombardment
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Searching for the Origin
• When did life begin?• Evidence
– Widespread life forms (3.5 B years ago)– Stromatolites (3.5 B years ago)– Fossilized cells (3.5 B years ago)– Radiometric dating: carbon isotopes (3.85 B years
ago)• Carbon 12 versus Carbon 13
• Range of dates: 4.1 to 3.85 B years ago• Conclusions
– Life arose late in the Hadean Eon– Life colonized planet in very short time frame (< 500
M years)
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Searching for the Origin: Comparative Genomics
• Comparative morphology versus comparative genomics
• “Living Fossils” of DNA and RNA– Sequence of nucleotides in DNA and genome– Pattern and process of change in sequences– Comparing sequences reveals a
pattern/order
• Methodology of comparison – rRNA (ribosomal RNA)
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Searching for the Origin: Three Branches of Life Forms
• Results from comparative genomics– Three major domains
• Bacteria• Archaea• Eukarya
• Common ancestor analysis• Comparison to organisms today
– Deep sea volcanic vents– Thermophiles (hyperthermophiles)– Comparison to environment of Hadean Eon
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Searching for the Origin
Domain Domain DomainBacteria Archaea Eukarya
Common Ancestor
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Life and Atmosphere
• One assumption about the early atmosphere was a reducing atmosphere of carbon dioxide, nitrogen gas, and water vapor, but very little oxygen.– Amino acids would therefore not last
long.• Atmosphere would have changed with
the advent of photosynthesis.
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Beginnings of Life on Earth
• Organic chemistry*• Transition from chemistry to biology• Panspermia• The evolution of sophisticated features of
metabolism and information brokers• Conclusions_________* Enzymes first or TCA or ?
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The Citric Acid Cycle
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iClicker Question
• The origin of life on Earth most likely occurred– A before 4.5 billion years ago– B between about 4.5 billion years
ago and 3.5 billion years ago– C between about 3.0 billion years
ago and 2.5 billion years ago– D between about 2.5 billion years
ago and 2.0 billion years ago
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iClicker Question
• The origin of life on Earth most likely occurred– A before 4.5 billion years ago– B between about 4.5 billion years
ago and 3.5 billion years ago– C between about 3.0 billion years
ago and 2.5 billion years ago– D between about 2.5 billion years
ago and 2.0 billion years ago
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iClicker Question
• The first living organisms probably were– A cells without nuclei that used
RNA as their genetic material– B cells with nuclei that used RNA
as their genetic material– C cells with nuclei that used DNA
as their genetic material
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iClicker Question
• The first living organisms probably were– A cells without nuclei that used
RNA as their genetic material– B cells with nuclei that used RNA
as their genetic material– C cells with nuclei that used DNA
as their genetic material
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Miller-Urey Experiment
• Stanley Miller and Harold Urey (1953) attempted to reproduce conditions at the ocean’s edge under a reducing atmosphere.– Were able to form amino acids with
the addition of lightning to a reducing atmosphere rich in hydrogen and devoid of oxygen.
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Significance of and Sequel to Urey Miller Experiment
• Multiple variations of the study (e.g., atmosphere)– 20+ amino acids, sugars, bases for DNA and RNA, ATP,
etc.
• Significance: scenario for the abiotic formation of key carbon polymers (macromolecules)
• Probable environments – Deep sea vents– Tidal pools (role of repeated evaporation and
concentration – “evapoconcentration”; asteroid bombardment)
• Chemical events leading to an “RNA World”
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Chemical Beginnings
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iClicker Question
• The importance of the Miller-Urey experiment is that– A it proved beyond doubt that life could
have arisen naturally on the young Earth.
– B it showed that natural chemical reactions can produce building
locks of life.– C it showed that clay can catalyze the
production of RNA.
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iClicker Question
• The importance of the Miller-Urey experiment is that– A it proved beyond doubt that life could
have arisen naturally on the young Earth.
– B it showed that natural chemical reactions can produce building
locks of life.– C it showed that clay can catalyze the
production of RNA.
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Evolutionary Perspective of Enzymes
• Evolutionary advantage of enzymes– Specific acceleration of reactions– Fitness value: positive– Information broker: coded in the DNA
• Mutation• Reproduction
• How did enzymes come to be?
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Ribozymes
• What are ribozymes (from ribonucleic acid enzyme) ?– NOT ribosomes (components of cells where
proteins built from amino acids)
– mRNA (small fragments)– Functions
• Synthesis of RNA, membranes, amino acids, ribosomes
– Properties• Catalytic behavior (enhance rates ~20 times)• Genetically programmed• Naturally occurring (60-90 bases)
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Ribozymes (continued)
• Laboratory studies of ribozymes– Creation of RNA fragments at random with
existence of enzyme-like properties– Variety of enzyme-like properties
• Cleavage of DNA• Cleave of DNA-RNA hybrids• Linking together fragments of DNA• Linking together fragments of RNA• Transformation of polypeptides to proteins• Self-replication (2001)
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Summary of Ribozymes
• mRNA fragments• 3-D conformation like proteins (e.g., fold)• Functional ribozymes created at random
in test tube• Exhibit catalytic behavior• Self replicate• Play a prominent/key role in any scenario
for understanding the evolution of life at the biochemical and molecular level
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RNA World
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Functional Beginnings of Life: Transition from Chemistry to Biology
• Ribozymes– Enzyme activity– Self replicating
• Generation of biomacromolecules (C polymers; e.g., sugars, nucleotides, ATP)– via abiotic processes on Earth (Urey-Miller)– via Panspermia– via biotic processes (e.g., ribozymes)
• Role of mutations, natural selection and environment: incremental changes in biomacromolecules that are inherited via RNA and DNA)
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Chemical Evolution
• Debated if RNA or Proteins evolved first.– RNA Group believes other complex
molecules could not have been formed without a heredity molecule.
– Protein Group argues that without enzymes, replication would not be possible.
– Peptide-Nucleic Acid Group believes peptide nucleic acid was precursor to RNA.
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Functional Beginnings of Life: Transition from Chemistry to Biology
• Evolution of PhotosynthesisCO2 + H2O + Light = CH2O + O2
• Key processes– Absorption of light (pigments)– Conversion of light energy into chemical
energy (ATP)– Synthesis of simple carbon compounds for
storage of energy• Purple bacteria and Cyanobacteria
– Primitive forms (~3.5 BYA)
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iClicker Question
• “RNA world” refers to– A the possibility that life migrated
from Mars.– B the idea that RNA was life’s
genetic material before DNA.– C the idea that early life was made
exclusively from RNA, needing no other organic chemicals.
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iClicker Question
• “RNA world” refers to– A the possibility that life migrated
from Mars.– B the idea that RNA was life’s
genetic material before DNA.– C the idea that early life was made
exclusively from RNA, needing no other organic chemicals.
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Ocean Edge Scenario
• Bubble Theory - Bubble structure shielded hydrophobic regions of molecules from contact with water.– Alexander Oparin - Primary abiogenesis.
• Photobionts - Chemical-concentrating bubble-like structures which allowed cells a means of developing chemical complexity.
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Prokaryotes
• Microfossils - Earliest evidence of life appears in fossilized forms of microscopic life.– Physically resemble bacteria.
•Prokaryotes - Lack nucleus.– Remember Eukaryotes contain
nucleus
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Prokaryotes
• Archaebacteria - Ancient bacteria that live in extremely hostile conditions.– Lack peptidoglycan in cell walls.– Have unusual lipids in cell membranes.
• Methanogens (microorganisms that produce methane as a metabolic byproduct )
– Anaerobic
• Halophiles• Thermophiles
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Prokaryotes and Atmospheric Oxygen
% of Present
Billions of Years Before Present
4.8 4 3 2 1 0.7 0.1 0
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Prokaryotes and Oxygen
• Evolution of PhotosynthesisCO2 + H2O + Energy = CH2O + O2
• Evolution of respirationCH2O + O2 = CO2 + H2O + Energy
• Possibility that respiration is simply the reverse of photosynthesis
• Oxygen crisis and the oxygen stimulation to evolution
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iClicker Question
• The oxygen in Earth’s atmosphere was originally released by– A outgassing from volcanoes.– B plants.– C cyanobacteria.
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iClicker Question
• The oxygen in Earth’s atmosphere was originally released by– A outgassing from volcanoes.– B plants.– C cyanobacteria.
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iClicker Question
• Early life arose in an oxygen-free environment, and if any of these microbes had somehow come in contact with molecular oxygen, the most likely effect would have been– A nothing at all.– B to increase their metabolic rates.– C to kill them.
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iClicker Question
• Early life arose in an oxygen-free environment, and if any of these microbes had somehow come in contact with molecular oxygen, the most likely effect would have been– A nothing at all.– B to increase their metabolic rates.– C to kill them.
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iClicker Question
• Which statement about the Earth’s ozone layer is not true?– A It protects us from dangerous
solar radiation.– B It did not exist when life first
arose on Earth.– C It first formed a few hundred
million years after life colonized the land.
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iClicker Question
• Which statement about the Earth’s ozone layer is not true?– A It protects us from dangerous
solar radiation.– B It did not exist when life first
arose on Earth.– C It first formed a few hundred
million years after life colonized the land.
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Eukaryotes and an Explosion of Diversity
• Incremental changes in evolution: role of oxygen and diversification of organisms (explain ATP fitness)
• Quantum changes in evolution– Symbiosis– Lynn Margulis theory: eukaryotes are derived
from prokaryotes– Compartmentalization and organelles– Bacterial origins of chloroplast and
mitochondria
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Eukaryotes and explosion of diversity
• Eubacteria - Second major bacterial group.– Contain very strong cell walls
and simpler gene architecture.•Cyanobacteria
– Photosynthetic»Appeared at least 3 bya
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First Eukaryotic Cells
• First appeared about 1.5 bya. (maybe earlier)– Possess internal nucleus.
• Endoplasmic Reticulum - Network of internal membranes in eukaryotes.– Both Endoplasmic Reticulum and nuclear
membrane are believed to have evolved from infolding in outer bacterial membranes.
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Mitochondria and Chloroplasts
• Endosymbiotic Theory suggests a critical stage in the evolution of eukaryotic cells involved endosymbiotic relationships with prokaryotic organisms.– Energy-producing bacteria may have come
to reside within larger bacteria, eventually evolving into mitochondria.
– Photosynthetic bacteria may have come to live with larger bacteria, eventually forming chloroplasts in plants and algae.
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Sexual Reproduction and Multicellularity
• Eukaryotic Cells possess the ability to sexually reproduce.– Permits frequent genetic
recombination.
• Diversity was also promoted by multicellularity.– Fosters cell specialization.
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Mass Extinctions, Asteroids and Climate
Change
• Mass extinctions– Dramatic declines in a variety of species,
families and phyla (>25%)– Timing of decline is concurrent– Rate of decline is precipitous (geological sense)– Example of catastrophism
• Best example– Cretaceous/Tertiary boundary (65 M years ago)– K-T boundary and Alvarez theory of
catastrophism
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Mass Extinctions, Asteroids and Climate Change: K-T Boundary
• Observations– Iridium deposits in distinct layers: suggestion
of an asteroid (10-15 Km)– Other trace elements (characteristics of
asteroids)– Shocked quartz– Soot deposits
• Conclusive Evidence– Impact crater 200 km off Yucatan Peninsula
(Chicxulub Crater)
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Mass Extinctions, Asteroids and Climate Change: Other
examples
• Other mass extinctions– Five major extinctions over last 600 M years
• Evidence for gradualism– First principles: evolution– Pattern in the data
• Recovery response• Overall increment in number of families over
geological time
• Conclusions: Catastrophism coupled with gradualism
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iClicker Question
• The hypothesis that an impact killed the dinosaurs seems– A well supported by geological
evidence.– B an idea that once made sense but
now can be ruled out.– C just one of dozens of clear
examples of impacts causing mass extinctions.
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iClicker Question
• The hypothesis that an impact killed the dinosaurs seems– A well supported by geological
evidence.– B an idea that once made sense but
now can be ruled out.– C just one of dozens of clear
examples of impacts causing mass extinctions.
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Evolutions of Humans
• Evidence for human evolution– Fossils
• Differences throughout world– Out of Africa
• Increase in brain volume and weight/mass ratio
– Society• Changes in history
– Civilizations• Technological developments
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Artificial Life
• What is “artificial life”• New organisms modified from
existing organisms• New organisms “created” from
non-life• Bioethics of artificial life
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iClicker Question
• Which of the following is a likely benefit of creating artificial life?– A We’ll gain insight into the origin
of life on Earth.– B The new life could eliminate our
dependence on fossil fuels.
– C The technique could allow us to bring vanished species
back to life.
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iClicker Question
• Which of the following is a likely benefit of creating artificial life?– A We’ll gain insight into the origin
of life on Earth.– B The new life could eliminate our
dependence on fossil fuels.
– C The technique could allow us to bring vanished species
back to life.
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Origin and Evolution of Life on Earth: Conclusions
• Plausible scenarios for the early origin of life on Earth (abiotic and biotic)
• Role of mutation and evolution in origin of increasingly more complex forms of metabolism
• Role of major evolutionary and climatological events as “pulses” of diversification in biota