Tell me, did you actually READ the article?
Did you spot this sentence in the article? "Deep sea vents are surrounded by exotic life-forms and, with their extreme chemistry, have long seemed places where life might have originated." Do you think "long seemed" means "Only from slightly before this was discovered"?
Of course I read it. Did you read Genesis 1:21 which stated that
ALL life was created and brought forth from WATER? Now, tell us how ancient men knew that...if you can.
*** Also, could you please show me where in that article (or any other source, for that matter) it says, "Prior to 2016, we simply had no ideas at all about how life got started."
You won't find it since godless science hides its ignorance, lest anyone see how much they must bluff in order to keep the parishoners of the religion of Evolism, in line.
*** And finally, if you read the article (which I strongly suspect you didn't, since you missed the bit that shows your claim about it was wrong), you'll see that the life form they discovered is "missing so many genes necessary for life that it must still have been relying on chemical components from its environment." The scientist who found it thinks this means it was "half alive". This is entirely consistent with the evolutionary view of life, not of the created by God view of life.
Its consistent with descent with modification within kinds (common ancestors) which godless men high jacked and changed the name to "evolution". What is shows is their hatred of anything which reveals God in His own Creation. Like Lucifer, they THINK they are smarter than God.
*** So yeah, your argument just fell flat on its face. Three times.
You took the words right out of my fingers. Great minds think alike. God Bless you