In 1873, Darwin proposed the possibility that life began in
a warm, shallow pool. Following this idea, a mathematical model called the
Darwinian Pond System is developed that explores the role of underlying
geometry in the establishment and propagation of life once it appeared on the
archaic earth. The model consists of a hyperbolic connected set of pools with
clearly defined geometric characteristics to which a dynamic system is coupled
that simulates the possible interaction patterns between ancestral populations
of protoorganisms. These geometric considerations turn out to be decisive for
the establishment and subsequent widespread of emerging life forms on the
Archaean earth, whose predator-prey type dynamics are associated with a system
of medium-sized ponds. The present study supports the theory that life on Earth
first developed in small bodies of saline water located on dry land, and
emerged through extensive geological processes 4 billion years ago, from where
it subsequently flowed to the sea.
Author(s) Details:
Javier Burgos Salcedo,
Fundación Universitaria San Mateo, Colombia.
Carolina Sierra
Cárdenas,
Corporación
Para la Investigación y la Innovación-CIINAS, Colombia.
Please see the link here: https://stm.bookpi.org/IBS-V2/article/view/14133
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