Urey and Miller,using a sterile container with boiling water,a reducing atmosphere,an electric spark,and a condenser,were able to determine that
A)RNA was most likely to be a hereditary molecule in early lifeforms.
B)simple lipid vesicles would form spontaneously.
C)all life on earth seems to share a common ancestor.
D)simple lifeforms would form under these conditions.
E)some of the organic compounds needed for life could be formed abiotically.

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The experiment by Urey and Miller showed that some of the organic compounds needed for life, such as amino acids, could be formed abiotically under certain conditions. This provides evidence for the theory that life could have arisen from non-living matter through natural processes.

Urey and Miller,using a Sterile Container with Boiling Water,a Reducing