A bit of news on the search for the origins of life on earth, from Slashdot.org:
Building Blocks of DNA Confirmed In Meteorites 137
Posted by CmdrTaco on Tuesday August 09, @08:51AM
from the we-are-all-made-of-stars dept.
from the we-are-all-made-of-stars dept.
MistrX writes "Researchers announced that the components of DNA have now been confirmed to exist in extraterrestrial meteorites. A different team of scientists also discovered a number of molecules linked with a vital ancient biological process, adding weight to the idea that the earliest forms of life on Earth may have been made up in part from materials delivered to Earth from space. Past research had revealed a range of building blocks of life in meteorites, such as the amino acids that make up proteins. Space rocks just like these may have been a vital source of the organic compounds that gave rise to life on Earth."
I long ago came to the conclusion we earthlings came from somewhere in outer space, but I just didn't know where, or in what form. Now, how did those DNA components "out there" come into being, and whatever caused them to be originated, how, etc.?
Posted by: joared | August 12, 2011 at 03:01 AM