[QUOTE][B]And besides, a protein molecule of 288 amino acids is rather a modest one compared with some giant protein molecules consisting of thousands of amino acids. When we apply similar probability calculations to these giant protein molecules, even the word "impossible" becomes inadequate.[/QUOTE]
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With oceans full of organic compounds and millions of reactions occuring in each drop, how long do you really think it would take to generate a replicating polypeptide? A week perhaps?
Autocatalysis occurs in the lab, after all.
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