Detecting Proof Of Life In Mars Samples May Be Well-Nigh Impossible

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Quote from the above news report:
"“I think it's going to be really difficult,” said Westall, a researcher at France’s Center for Molecular Biophysics in Orleans. “I can tell you, there's going to be a lot of arguments about it.”"

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Quote from the second link above: "“For every type of fossil out there, there is at least one non-biological process that creates very similar things, so there is a real need to improve our understanding of how these form.”

The trouble is scientists don’t know enough about these processes to rule them out."

Last Edited by Wretch Fossil on 09/30/2022 09:19 PM