Made Of

Everything is made of something.

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Made from

rockwater

3steps from the big bang

12things can go into it

hot spring pool

NaturalPlace

Pools on volcanic land that dry out and refill. Some scientists think repeated drying and wetting here strung life's first molecules together.

First appearedDate not yet known

Needed by

nucleotidesRNA

Pools on volcanic land that dry out and refill. Some scientists think repeated drying and wetting here strung life's first molecules together.

From the big bang to hot spring pool

The most direct chain from the start of the universe, following what things are made from and, for living things, what they evolved from. Each step shows when it first appeared.

big bang13.8 bn yrs ago

Hhydrogen13.8 bn yrs ago

nucleotidesdate unknown

hot spring pooldate unknown