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Did comets bring life to Earth ?
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T.K. RandallMay 3, 2009 ·
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A team at Tel Aviv University has found that comets could have brought the missing ingredients required for life in Earth's primordial soup and would have given rise to the first life forms when combined with the Earth's own organic materials.
Comets have always fascinated people. Now, scientists have added a new twist to that fascination -- comets might have provided the elements for the emergence of life on Earth. A team at Tel Aviv University, led by Professor Akiva Bar-Nun, has carried out a study and found that comets were the source of missing ingredients needed for life in Earth's ancient primordial soup, the 'Icarus' journal reported. "
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Times of India |
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