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Primordial surf: ‘microlightning’ in mist may have sparked life on Earth, study finds

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Charles Darwin thought it started in a warm pond.

Others point to comets that ploughed into Earth .

And some suspect a bolt from the blue, a lightning strike into the ocean.

But new research proposes that crashing waves and waterfalls may have kicked off the process.