EVOLUTION: NASA tell you they need you to check for any new candidates for the orgin of life hypothesis (i.e a new type of "woeld hypothesis") to explain what helped the original protocell survive between time zero and LUCA? what process would you take? (hints; methods) NASA tell you they need you to check for any new candidates for the orgin of life hypothesis (i.e a new type of "woeld hypothesis") to explain what helped the original protocell survive between time zero and LUCA? what process would you take? (hints; methods).