A 2.1 Origins of cells (HL)

Syllabus statements

A2.1.1 AHL Conditions on early Earth and the pre-biotic formation of carbon compounds

A2.1.2 AHL Cells as the smallest units of self-sustaining life

A2.1.3 AHL Challenge of explaining the spontaneous origin of cells

A2.1.4 AHL Evidence for the origin of carbon compounds

A2.1.5 AHL Spontaneous formation of vesicles by coalescence of fatty acids into spherical bilayers

A2.1.6 AHL RNA as a presumed first genetic material

A2.1.7 AHL Evidence for a last universal common ancestor

A2.1.8 AHL Approaches used to estimate dates of the first living cells and the last universal common ancestor

A2.1.9 AHL "Evidence for the evolution of the last universal common ancestor in the vicinity of hydrothermal vents"