4.3. Unraveling the results of the origin-of-llfe experiments
The microbe-like objects that appeared in these experiments were first immobile, then began to move; this is fundamentary different from Brownian motion. Movement was within a range of about 3-5 μm and was a combination of vibrations and translation. However, after the objects reached about 10 μm in size, almost no movement could be detected.
How should we interpret the phenomenon in which the microbe-iike objects were immobile after their appearance, then 'began their own particular movements? One suggestion is that this significant phenomenon is the birth not of the bodies of organisms but of life itself.
In other words, the birth of an organism involves first the creation of a receptacle or body inside of which life is lodged The results of our experiments can be explained if we consider that the movement is the result of the life lodged within these bodies. In this respect, all the research that has so far been conducted in biological sciences represents the body of the organism; if biological study continues in this direction, the living organism will never be fully understood, no matter how much progress is otherwise made in this field.
These experiments indicate that if we diligently pursue each of the interactions between land, sea, primeval atmosphere, and sunlight, we will be able to obtain results of great importance.
5. Conclusion
It has been 3 billion years since life first appeared on the earth. Our research was undertaken based on the hypothesis that rock was one of the most important factors in the evolution and development of life as we know it today.
We assumed that the earth at that time consisted of a system of four 'elements': land, sea, atmosphere, and sunlight. What is most lacking in today's biological sciences, especially in the approaches of researchers interested in the birth of life, is the consideration of this four-elements system. In particular, there appears to be absolutely no consideration of land, that is, of the rock that comprises the land. Even if there have been such studies, they would have adhered to the premise of rock as a solid and thus would have produced no significant results.
Consideration of the interactions between land and sea must take into account as a matter of course. By pursuing the solution process, we can find answers to such fundamental questions as what are minerals? How does their structure differ from that of elements? What type of structure does water have? By answering these questions, we can approach the essence of the solutions themselves. We found that the chemical solution process caused microcrystals of minerals to become dispersed in a solvent. The microcrystals consisted of 20 A primary particles that merged into 200 A secondary particles, which in turn formed tertiary particles averaging 1000 A. These tertiary particles then formed stable clusters of two or three. Hence, the minerals have a stratified structure.
