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that the mix ture of gas ses that Miller Geologists now think that the pri mor -
has as sumed to have con sti tut ed the di al at mos phere con sist ed main ly of
pri me val at mos phere did not re flect car bon di ox ide and ni tro gen, gas es
the ac tu al state of af fairs. It was re al - that are less re act ive than those used in
the 1953 ex per i ment. And even if
ized that car bon di ox ide and ni tro -
Miller's at mos phere could have ex ist -
gen, present in the prim i tive at mos -
ed, how do you get sim ple mol e cu les
phere, were not chem i cal ly suit ed to
such as ami no ac ids to go through the
form ing ami no ac ids and oth er or -
nec es sa ry chem i cal chan ges that will
gan ic com pounds. An ar ti cle ti tled
con vert them in to more com pli cat ed
"Life's Crucible" in the February
com pounds, or pol ym ers, such as pro -
1998 edi tion of the well-known ev o -
teins? Miller him self throws up his
lu tion ist pub li ca tion Earth ad mit ted hands at that part of the puz zle. "It's a
this: prob lem," he sighs with ex as per a tion.