Did Life Forms Spring From Diamonds?
It’s a possibility and a very distinct possibility at that. German scientists working on this at the University of Ulm were surprised to find that their experiments seemed to point in this direction. When natural diamonds were treated with hydrogen, there were crystalline water layers that were formed on their surfaces. Diamonds are carbon that have been crystallised and these layers could have technically, all those millions or billions of years ago, been a platform which gave rise to life forms on the earth.
According to these scientists, diamonds when hydrogenated were the best possible jumpstart for organic molecules that were more complex that could eventually lead to life on earth. Add the hydrogen process to the electrical conductivity that diamonds possess and it would seem that here are the ingredients needed for the recipe to produce life forms. Almost like: Take one diamond, treat with hydrogen, activate the electrical energy in it, then watch the chemical reactions being set into motion to produce Life.
There have been many scientists who have felt for a long time that life began with simple amino acids getting together to form more complex polymers which are essential to life. Since hydrogenated carbon is the best starting point, this theory of diamonds being the precursors to life could well be true. After all, diamonds go back way before life forms existed on earth. So couldn’t they have been the trigger that set the wheels of life rolling?
The research is not by any stretch of imagination conclusive but it definitely bears thinking about. There are a lot of arguments that could be for this theory. So the next time you look at a diamond engagement ring, it’s a thought worth pursuing. Could it have been the contributing force to life on earth?
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