Primeval soup

The video discusses the concept of primordial soup, a medium where life on Earth may have originated around 4 billion years ago. It describes the hot early oceans with compounds like ammonia, carbon dioxide, and hydrogen sulphide, which could have combined with atmospheric gases such as methane and hydrogen to form simple organic molecules, the basis of life on Earth.

What is referred to as primordial soup?

What were the conditions of the early oceans around 4 billion years ago?

What compounds were present in the early oceans?

How could simple organic molecules have formed in the primitive atmosphere?

What was the basis of the first life on Earth?