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Old 04-March-2008, 02:38 AM
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Originally Posted by A.DIM View Post
Might as well have said "cosmic ancestry," but could this be considered supportive of panspermia?
No, just a confirmation that the materials of life are common. We already knew that the molecular precursors of life were common, this is just another refinement of that. Still just raw materials, nothing about panspermia, or actual extraterrestrial life.
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