A. Darwin's letter to Hooker is famously speculative, he never claimed to be anywhere near the solution. B. the hydrothermal vents hypothesis is old news now anyway.

Bullshit

That headline is just so wrong in the way it screams DARWIN and WRONG. Anyone just reading the headlines and not reading the article will not get the subtle difference between what Darwin believed and what modern science has now discovered. They will just think Darwin’s theory has been debunked, which is probably what the headline writer intended. Darwin thought life began in shallow pools...now the scientists say deep in the ocean beside thermal springs in the earths crust.... but crucially life began in water. Considering he formulated his ideas and published them in 1859, I think it is remarkable that he was so close to the mark.

Considering the times in which he lived...Darwin was brilliant in his observations and formation of the evolutionary ''theory." Science has come to accept that life did begin in the oceans, so...I'm not sure why this article screams that "Darwin may be wrong." Almost 200 years since he sailed on the Beagle, it would be odd if science hadn't added to/removed from his thoughts, wouldn't it?