primordial soup
noun
: a mixture of organic molecules in evolutionary theory from which life on earth originated
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That blend of geography and history explains the primordial soup that gave birth to Peruvian cuisine.
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Simeon Tegel, Washington Post, 8 Jan. 2024
Yet, despite all of this association with poison and death, hydrogen cyanide (cyanide in gas form) is suspected to have played a major role in the primordial soup of life.
—Donna Sarkar, Discover Magazine, 28 Feb. 2022
Talk Talk emerged from the primordial soup of 1980s synthpop and was initially compared to Duran Duran.
—Hazlitt, 2 Aug. 2023
Some will have seen the character emerge from the primordial soup at the Groundlings.
—Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 31 July 2023
That means a primordial soup with all the same ingredients like different amino acids and electrolytes will respond very differently to sunlight on a small pond versus a large ocean.
—Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 13 Dec. 2022
Chef Nathan Anda created this McGriddle-esque marvel six years ago for the late Red Apron Burger Bar, right around the time Donald Trump was trying to convince everyone that his inaugural crowd was the largest gathering of bipeds in one place since life emerged from the primordial soup.
—Tim Carman, Washington Post, 30 Jan. 2023
Algae never left the primordial soup.
—Lucy Jakub, The New York Review of Books, 1 Dec. 2020
Cyanide has been widely considered an important component in the primordial soup, a solution of organic compounds responsible for the origin of life.
—Donna Sarkar, Discover Magazine, 28 Feb. 2022
Simeon Tegel, Washington Post, 8 Jan. 2024
Yet, despite all of this association with poison and death, hydrogen cyanide (cyanide in gas form) is suspected to have played a major role in the primordial soup of life.
—Donna Sarkar, Discover Magazine, 28 Feb. 2022
Talk Talk emerged from the primordial soup of 1980s synthpop and was initially compared to Duran Duran.
—Hazlitt, 2 Aug. 2023
Some will have seen the character emerge from the primordial soup at the Groundlings.
—Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 31 July 2023
That means a primordial soup with all the same ingredients like different amino acids and electrolytes will respond very differently to sunlight on a small pond versus a large ocean.
—Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 13 Dec. 2022
Chef Nathan Anda created this McGriddle-esque marvel six years ago for the late Red Apron Burger Bar, right around the time Donald Trump was trying to convince everyone that his inaugural crowd was the largest gathering of bipeds in one place since life emerged from the primordial soup.
—Tim Carman, Washington Post, 30 Jan. 2023
Algae never left the primordial soup.
—Lucy Jakub, The New York Review of Books, 1 Dec. 2020
Cyanide has been widely considered an important component in the primordial soup, a solution of organic compounds responsible for the origin of life.
—Donna Sarkar, Discover Magazine, 28 Feb. 2022
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