Hydrogen hypothesis

Okay kiddo, let me explain the hydrogen hypothesis to you in a way that makes sense. You know how we need to breathe air to live and the air has oxygen in it that we breathe in? Well, some scientists think that in the early days of Earth, there wasn't much oxygen in the air yet, but there was a lot of something called hydrogen.

Now, hydrogen is a very simple element that is very light and can easily combine with other elements to form compounds. Some scientists think that the hydrogen on Earth combined with other elements, like carbon, nitrogen, and sulfur, to form compounds that eventually led to life.

These compounds were created in places like deep sea vents where hot water and gases from the earth's mantle mixed together. This environment provided the perfect conditions for these compounds to form and eventually evolve into living organisms.

So, the hydrogen hypothesis suggests that the abundance of hydrogen on early Earth played a crucial role in the development of life. And who knows, maybe one day we'll find out that this is exactly how it all happened!