From: The Genesis of Life: From Primordial Soup to First Cell
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Early Earth possessed a reducing atmosphere conducive to abiotic organic synthesis.

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Geological evidence, including analyses of ancient rocks and volcanic outgassing, suggests that the early Earth's atmosphere lacked significant free oxygen and was rich in gases like methane, ammonia, hydrogen, and carbon dioxide. Such a reducing environment is essential for the spontaneous formation of complex organic molecules from simpler precursors.

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