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Minerals in hot springs performed a key chemical reaction for early life on Earth, new study confirms

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Research has often focused on the role of deep-sea hydrothermal vents.

These plumes of iron sulfides could have helped trigger chemical reactions that created life.

These same minerals are found in hot springs today , such as the Grand Prismatic Spring in Yellowstone National Park in the U.S ..