Atmospheric UV synthesis of aldehydes and oxidant from CO2, CO and H2O initiating the first ancestral metabolism
This study demonstrates that atmospheric UV irradiation of CO₂, CO, and H₂O on the early Earth or Mars can spontaneously generate a self-sustaining "Primitive Respiration Cycle" of aldehydes, organic acids, and amino acids, offering a plausible non-enzymatic pathway bridging geochemistry and the emergence of ancestral metabolism.