How did life start on earth?

How did life start on earth? What was the first life?

we could be decendents from mars, we could of evolved, we could of been out here a more powerful being, we could have mutated from an older race that was living on earth. if you can think it, its a possibility. the first life was probally single celled organisms

a molecule (or even something else) gained the ability to make copies of itself– replicate. and evolution bagan. the replicating function was replaced with DNA.

Odd, 7 hours and no one's chimed in with God?

Well they claim basical compounds (H2O, CH4...) combined to form basic biomolecules and eventually formed cells, odds are the first life was a single celled organism

Well the way I see it (and I'm not an expert, so there might be other ways out there)

There's evolution and creation...

I believe in evolution myself...that we all evolved over time from a single celled organism etc. I don't really believe in God at all, but everyone's free to their own opinions.

God Created it. . . . on purpose. . . other wise we are all a big accident.

I am interested in the idea that a meteorite crashed into earth carrying some type of basic replicating molecule. But then you have to wonder where that thing came from. Ah, the possibilities...