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Evolution Debates Crystals as the foundation of life

My paper and speech are about crystals and amino acids and their part in the evolution and creation debates.
Rocks and minerals have been around for a very long time if not forever. Their role is not like that of an archaeopteryx or a hominid but a more structural one, allowing evolution to take place and sometimes helping out, as you will see.
Foundation of the Origins of life
Some theories state that there was water everywhere, that may be true but for any evolution to take place there had to be some solid substance or object for the different organic species to concentrate on and still have protection from solar radiation. This is where crystals come in, particularly Zeolites
Most of the Zeolites are hydrophilic and silica rich but there are a few of these that are organophilic (loving organic material). One of these is mutinaite, a naturally occurring organophilic zeolite recently discovered in Antarctica. This could b...

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