Question

What conditions prevailed on earth during the origin of the cells

Answer 1

Temperature. If life evolved in the deep ocean, near a hydrothermal vent, it could have originated as early as 4 to 4.2 billion years ago. If, on the other hand, life originated at the surface of the planet, a common opinion is it could only have done so between 3.5 and 4 billion years ago.

Answer 2

Perhaps the most fundamental and at the same time the least be readily produced under conditions thought to have prevailed on Earth in the Archean Eon .