THE ABIOGENESIS HYPOTHESIS

This study proposes the Abiogenesis Hypothesis: that abiogenesis is not a singular ancient event but a repeating planetary process driven by environmental regime cycling. Playas, saline–freshwater interfaces, ice brines, and atmospheric droplets continue to generate the same concentration, polymerization, destabilization, and compartmentalization dynamics that produced early pre‑life chemistry. These environments form the RNA Floor; short oligomers, catalytic fragments, mixed‑backbone polymers, and vesicle‑associated chains, whose modern absence is explained by rapid erasure through oxygen and microbial uptake, especially by CPR bacteria. The paper outlines a mechanistic framework, identifies playas as the strongest contemporary abiogenesis engines, and presents falsifiable predictions for detecting ongoing abiogenesis on modern Earth.