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Old 08-17-2007, 10:35 PM
Piers Piers is offline
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Default Re: Scientists Say Life Originated on a Comet

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Scientists Say Life Originated on a Comet


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Its one possibility I guess. Its also more likely that organic matter from comets contributed to the development of life on earth. Or maybe it was just the water that did it. Its certainly likely that the comet bombardment 4+ billion years ago had some influence on the development of life.

Septillion [img]/images/graemlins/confused.gif[/img] Sounds like nonsense, but amusing to see how they got that figure. Did they just divide the amount of clay on the earth by the amount of clay in the solar system four billion years ago?

I see the article was adapted from a news release issued by Cardiff University. Does that mean it was written by one of the scientists or a reporter?
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