Lewis Dartnell They naturally self-assemble.
Narrator On the Early Earth, individual lipid molecules would have floated freely in the oceans, but trapped together in rock pools, these fatty molecules joined up to form bubbles.
Lewis Dartnell And this is important for the origin of life, because they form the outside membrane of all cells of all life on Earth. And to show you what I mean, I can use these fishing floats here. Now, these fishing floats have an end which hates water, and an end that loves water, just like a lipid molecule. Now, let’s see what happens,