Biological evidence against the panspermia theory

Journal of Theoretical Biology
Massimo Di Giulio

Abstract

The following idea is analysed. Given that evolution on Earth seems to have passed through protocellular evolutionary stages of progenotes, this would appear to be incompatible with the panspermia theory because this observation would imply that the infection bringing life to the Earth started in these protocells, for which a low or null infective power is generally expected.

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