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Recurrent Dreams of Life in Meteorites

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Genesis - In The Beginning

Part of the book series: Cellular Origin, Life in Extreme Habitats and Astrobiology ((COLE,volume 22))

Abstract

The debate on life in meteorites has entered its eighth episode, with recurrent themes and arguments. We suggest: (1) that deliberate contamination of meteorite specimens be used as a control; (2) that exploration of the solar system proceed apace to obtain pristine samples and check them for life, under stringent isolating conditions that provably avoid contamination of control specimens; and (3) that the combination of macromolecular with inorganic material in carbonaceous chondrites be explored as a possible cause for some of the organized elements and as a possible early step towards protocells in the origin of life.

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Gordon, R., Mcnichol, J.C. (2012). Recurrent Dreams of Life in Meteorites. In: Seckbach, J. (eds) Genesis - In The Beginning. Cellular Origin, Life in Extreme Habitats and Astrobiology, vol 22. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-2941-4_29

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