Oparin at Moscow University, Miller and Urey at the University of Chicago, and Juan Oró at the University of Houston performed experiments throughout the twentieth century to prove that
A) organic macromolecules can arise from abiotic conditions.
B) micelle formation generated the first membranes.
C) RNA was the catalytic molecule of early Earth.
D) TCA cycle generates amino acids.
E) iron band formations were caused by photoferrotrophy.

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Oparin, Miller and Urey, and Juan Oró all conducted experiments to demonstrate that organic macromolecules can arise from inorganic or abiotic conditions. This is known as abiogenesis or the origin of life from non-living matter.