To this date, we have only been able to develop non-living protobionts in the lab, and nothing else beyond this point. True False Montmorillonite clay is important in that it is thought to have facilitated the process of abiogenesis by expediting/facilitating the formation of complex self-replicating molecules, and the generation of phospolipid bilayers that might have assembled into the first cell membranes. True False One of the limitations of the current fossil record in our planet is that it is biased in favor of the species that have left hard bony structures and/or had lived for a long periods of time. True False Tappania plana, an example of the first unicellular prokaryotes, is thought to be an alga or a fungus. True False Early in 2017 scientists have discovered a new family of eukaryotic bacteria in the thermal vents of Iceland. These eubacteria - named Locky and Aasgard after the Nordic Viking gods-are thought to be the source of all eukaryotic cells in the planet. True False Solution 37: FALSE: Protobionts are the aggregrates of organic polymers that are supposed to be spontaneously formed under certain conditions through chemical evolution. To this date, the living protobionts have been synthesized in the lab which exhibit all the properties of living cell except using DNA to program the protein synthesis..

1. To this date, we have only been able to develop non-living protobionts in the lab, and nothing
else beyond this point. True False Montmorillonite clay is important in that it is thought to
have facilitated the process of abiogenesis by expediting/facilitating the formation of complex
self-replicating molecules, and the generation of phospolipid bilayers that might have assembled
into the first cell membranes. True False One of the limitations of the current fossil record in
our planet is that it is biased in favor of the species that have left hard bony structures and/or had
lived for a long periods of time. True False Tappania plana, an example of the first unicellular
prokaryotes, is thought to be an alga or a fungus. True False Early in 2017 scientists have
discovered a new family of eukaryotic bacteria in the thermal vents of Iceland. These eubacteria
- named Locky and Aasgard after the Nordic Viking gods-are thought to be the source of all
eukaryotic cells in the planet. True False
Solution
37: FALSE: Protobionts are the aggregrates of organic polymers that are supposed to be
spontaneously formed under certain conditions through chemical evolution. To this date, the
living protobionts have been synthesized in the lab which exhibit all the properties of living cell
except using DNA to program the protein synthesis.