Earth's Seeds Of Life

Earth's Seeds Of Life

For some time there has been much speculation about how life originated on Earth. A paper given last week at a prominent astrophysics and space symposium revealed that research on samples collected by the International Space Station showed where what are called “the seeds of life” came from. Scientists have pondered for years about whether the compounds that make up our DNA were synthesized by lightening strikes on what they call an oceanic “primordial soup” (why they call it soup, I don’t know-it probably tasted very bad) or perhaps organic compounds or virus-like materials were able to ride here and survive on meteorites. Now both theories have been proven wrong. The space station samples showed conclusively that the chemical precursors of our DNA and life- yeah, that includes you- originally came from waste that would be analogous to human urine that was dumped as aliens cleaned out their space ships into space and our upper atmosphere, just like trains used to do along the rails, as they visited planet Earth many millions of years ago,. I guess the aliens had never heard of Earth Day and if you look at our Earth now, you can plainly see that improper disposal of litter and intergalactic waste can lead to a lot of environmental damage.

©2009 Eric Stamets