Some 20th-century authors wrote that the earliest protocells would have to be autotrophs.This concept appears to be
A)correct,since heterotrophs would depend upon eating autotrophs.
B)correct,since life is not possible without ATP which is only available in living systems.
C)correct,since glycolysis and fermentation only occur after oxygen is present from photosynthesis.
D)incorrect,since the primordial soup could contain many preformed food molecules.
E)incorrect,since glycolysis and fermentation require complex enzymes for catalytic reactions.

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The primordial soup theory suggests that early Earth had a rich mixture of organic compounds, providing preformed food molecules that early heterotrophic protocells could utilize.

Some 20th-Century Authors Wrote That the Earliest Protocells Would Have