Originally Posted by theking

It has been my understanding that many years ago scientists managed...via a lab experiment...to create the primordial soup from which they think life came. At a later time it has been my understanding that...via a lab experiment...they managed to create a single living cell...that lived a very brief period of time...and of course could not procreate. I do not recall when these experiments took place...but I learned about them in the early '90's when I was attending university. I also do not recall if either of the experiments were ever debunked. I would assume that if these experiments were legit science would be more advanced now in the creation of life than they were then.

I am busy at the moment so I am not going to try and google information about this but may later today. Maybe someone here is familiar with what I am refering to.