Posted on 08/28/2013 8:59:09 PM PDT by Fractal Trader
It might not just be men who are from Mars, claims a new study which suggests that all life on Earth actually began on the red planet.
An element believed to be crucial to the origin of life would only have been available on the surface of Mars, it is claimed.
Geochemist Professor Steven Benner argues that the 'seeds' of life probably arrived on Earth in meteorites blasted off Mars by impacts or volcanic eruptions.
Professor Steven Benner will tell geochemists gathering today at the annual Goldschmidt conference that an oxidised mineral form of the element molybdenum, which may have been crucial to the origin of life, could only have been available on the surface of Mars and not on Earth As evidence he points to the oxidised mineral form of the element molybdenum, thought to be a catalyst that helped organic molecules develop into the first living structures.
Professor Benner will present his findings to geochemists gathering today at the annual Goldschmidt conference.
In addition recent studies show that these conditions, suitable for the origin of life, may still exist on Mars, said Professor Benner, of the Westheimer Institute for Science and Technology in Gainesville, Florida.
Its only when molybdenum becomes highly oxidised that it is able to influence how early life formed.
This form of molybdenum couldnt have been available on Earth at the time life first began, because three billion years ago the surface of the Earth had very little oxygen, but Mars did.
Its yet another piece of evidence which makes it more likely life came to Earth on a Martian meteorite, rather than starting on this planet.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
The Earth and Mars had intersecting orbits, before that last time they almost kissed.
No but these type stories are used to try and make laymen believe that to be the case.
When scientists can explain a simple little puzzle... which came first the chicken or the egg, I will listen.
Is this guy the same scientist that started the Global warming BS?
Yep
For an atheist, it’s like having a junk yard full of parts and one day - it’s a 747 - no reason it just is
Organic in this sense merely means it’s a carbon compound.
There are exceptions, but the general rule of carbon based compounds applies. Things like oxides, carbides, cyanides, and carbonates are considered inorganic. (like your CO2 reference)
Is there consensus on this? Nothing is true without consensus!
Those clowns gotta start from nothing. Absolutely nothing. And nothing comes from nothing. They lose.
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Yeah, and then against all logic, reason and science life spontaneously generated from non-life. Kind of like how they used to believe that maggots spontaneously grew out of bad meat. Quaint.
I still have my ticket.
This guy is probably being paid with tax dollars confiscated from other americans.
Good one, except the owner of that account has a, er, vulgar name. Was that intentional on your part? ;-]
Sagan reports that complex molecules are constantly arriving on earth from comet and meteor debris. Also, do we have any idea when the asteroid planet blew up, and could it have blown past Mars and carried a lot of debris this way, or just had fragments from the explosion hit the earth, carrying who knows what?
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