Life Happened Fast
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Origin of Life
Paleontology
Panspermia
Article discusses the rapid emergence of life on Earth, sparking discussion on the implications for the origin of life and panspermia.
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1. The claim of super early life gets walked back. This is how paleontology works, there's always automatic gainsaying of any hypothesis.
2. Paleontologists decide that panspermia is a viable explanation. Discovery of Martian or ice moon DNA life would reinforce this.