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Germs in Space

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IT is commonly assumed (cf. e.g. NATURE of October 16, p. 602) that if life did not originate upon the earth, it must have come upon a meteorite. How it got on the meteorite is not explained.

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COCKERELL, T. Germs in Space . Nature 67, 103 (1902). https://doi.org/10.1038/067103d0

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