This article reminds of Robert Shapiro's simple chemical loops to make energy: 
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Here is a pdf essay which the above link discusses in brief. It is nine pages long:-
http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/fulltext/123264090/PDFSTART-And here is a theistic interpretation of the same material:-http://www.ottawacitizen.com/opinion/Back+beginning/2530761/story.html

This article reminds of Robert Shapiro's simple chemical loops to make energy: 
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> http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/02/100202101245.htm 
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> Another article discusses mitochondria ,and when they might have been incorportated into eukaryote cells. 
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> http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/02/100205091829.htm-Both of these are fascinating, but the vents theory is certainly not THAT groundbreaking... I was learning about extremophiles ten years ago (thank you discovery) and tube worms have long been looked at as a candidate for early life.