Modulous writes:
Miller, using the old methods, had found five amino acids; Jeffrey Bada and his teams tracked down 22. What is more, the overall chemical yields were often higher than in the first set of experiments - the mixture appeared to be more fertile.
So, if I follow correctly:
1. Some people have found samples from the Miller/Urey experiments that are 50 (or so) years old.
2. When Miller/Urey analyzed the samples, they found 5 amino acids.
3. When present-day people analyzed the samples, they found 22 amino acids.
Are they saying that the samples were more successful because the present-day equipment found things that 50 year old equipment did not find? That is... the 22 amino acids were present 50 years ago, just not detectable by Miller/Urey?
Or (and I find this much more impressive) are they saying that the samples are more successful than previously thought because those 5 amino acids in the samples have gone on to evolve into (or somehow otherwise create) 22 amino acids on their own over the last 50 years?
Is it possible to tell the difference?
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