were inflated with alkaline, sulphide-bearing hydrothermal (
2EBBA RESEARCH
On the emergence of life via catalytic iron-sulphide membranes Michael J. Russell', Roy M. Daniel2 and Allan 1. Hall'
'Department of Geology and Applied Geology, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G22 8QQ, UK, 'School of Science and Technology, University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand ABSTRACT
We propose that the precipitation of a gelatinous iron-sulphide membrane is the necessary first step towards life. Membrane vesicles were inflated with alkaline, sulphide-bearing hydrothermal (
