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    Genetic Material Found on Meteorite

    By Posted on 6.16.2008 7 Comments

    Although it's only one part of the answer, we have come another step closer to solving the question of how life originated. Two necessary molecular ingredients of DNA and RNA have been confirmed to have originated from outer space. They join the handful of amino acids we have discovered to have been delivered to Earth on the backs of asteroids and comets.

    6.22.2008 at 09:01am - Comment by australien

    Why are we being pumped with so much news about this "life came from outer space" implications? Are we truly interested in finding the truth? Do these news ever solve anything? I don't think so. Today with so many scientists in the hands of secret societies and corporations i think we will only see what they want us to see. And that is not truth.



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