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MTI · #1 08-09-2011, 05:07 PM

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Scientists have been extracting fragments of DNA from meteorites for decades now, but there was never really hard proof that those pieces of biological molecules were native to the extraterrestrial object rather than terrestrial contamination that occurred when the object slammed into Earth. So while the idea of DNA riding aboard extraterrestrial objects has been floated before, this is the first time we’ve been presented real evidence backing that notion.

The idea isn’t that these building blocks are just passengers aboard meteorites, but that the chemistry inside asteroids and comets can actually manufacture the essential building blocks of biology. And a liquid chromatography and mass spectrometry analysis of sample meteorites and the environments where they were found seems to confirm this.

tjts1 · #2 08-09-2011, 05:10 PM

Nah, the devil put the DNA in there to make people question their faith. Just like dinosaur bones.

MTI · #3 08-09-2011, 05:46 PM

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Wow. Just wow. I don’t even know where to start. So the man and his buddy the rib-thing have dominion over everything. They’re going to get pretty unbearable really fast. What You need to do is make them think that there were other, bigger, scarier creatures around a long time before them. I suggest dinosaurs. No need to actually create dinosaurs—just create some weird-ass dinosaur bones and skeletons and bury them in random locations. Man will dig them up eventually and think, What the f?

The Clk Man · #4 08-09-2011, 05:46 PM

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Originally Posted by tjts1

Nah, the devil put the DNA in there to make people question their faith. Just like dinosaur bones.

There is mention of dinosaurs in the Bible.

pj67coll · #5 08-09-2011, 06:54 PM

The part about the ratios of prebiotic nucleobases is what interests me the most. The first really interesting sign that we might be looking at something different from earthly biology.

- Peter.

retmil46 · #6 08-09-2011, 07:03 PM

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Originally Posted by pj67coll

The part about the ratios of prebiotic nucleobases is what interests me the most. The first really interesting sign that we might be looking at something different from earthly biology.

Oh gawd no, you don't mean.....POLITICIANS?

elchivito · #7 08-09-2011, 07:18 PM

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Originally Posted by The Clk Man

There is mention of dinosaurs in the Bible.

And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy.

And then he used The Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch,...no, wait...