Summarize the main points in the reading passage, explaining how the lecture casts doubt on the ideas.
The origin of life on earth has been doubtful for a long time. The Professor in the lecture agrees to the fact that Miller and Urey experiment was instrumental in shedding some light on this long debated issue. However, the lecture casts several flaws that occurred in this great experiment mentioned in the passage. Hence the lecturer moves the readers to think that this experiment is very primitive and not useful for elucidating the origin of life on earth.
Firstly, the experiment was carried out under the guidance of Harold Urey by Stanley Miller at the University of Chi...
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