Hi Pete That's not what our paper in Nature is about. Some of the media are just trying to sensationalise it a bit (a lot). The best articles are in The Economist and National Geographic. I asked the author of that article in The Australian to change "origin of life" to "evolution of life". Because our paper speculates about a methane-rich lower atmosphere, there may be some implications for this (it's thought that most methane in the Archean was produced by microorganisms), but much more work needs to be done.
Perhaps if you read the primary paper you'll see why we think micrometeorites can tell us about Earth's early atmosphere. All the best, Andy Tomkins On Friday, 13 May 2016, Pete Modreski via Meteorite-list < [email protected]> wrote: > Tom, it appears to be a subscriber-only access. > > (But I have a hard time believing that anyone's "new meteorite dust > theory" is really going to change in any significant way, our ideas about > the origin of life.) > > Pete > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Tommy via Meteorite-list <[email protected] > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');>> > To: meteorite-list <[email protected] > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');>> > Sent: Thu, May 12, 2016 6:47 am > Subject: [meteorite-list] Meteorite dust changes theory of life’s origin > > > http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/health-science/meteorite-dust-changes-theory-of-lifes-origin/news-story/d3e1b3b59f727df8018648be8ad38593 > > Regards! > > Tom > > ______________________________________________ > > Visit our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/meteoritecentral and the > Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com > Meteorite-list mailing list > [email protected] > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');> > https://pairlist3.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list >
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