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We All May Have a Little Martian In Us

coondoggie writes "Men are supposed to be from Mars as John Gray's iconic relationship book would have you think, but new research presented this week suggests that in reality; we all may hail from the Red Planet. 'The evidence seems to be building that we are actually all Martians; that life started on Mars and came to Earth on a rock. It's lucky that we ended up here nevertheless, as certainly Earth has been the better of the two planets for sustaining life. If our hypothetical Martian ancestors had remained on Mars, there might not have been a story to tell,' Professor Steven Benner of The Westheimer Institute for Science and Technology said."

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  1. Re:fossil fueled debate by XxtraLarGe · · Score: 3, Funny

    Gonna need proof there was life on Mars or that whatever life we have here somehow came from Mars.

    I'm not saying it was aliens, but...

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  2. I ain't descended... by joocemann · · Score: 3, Funny

    I ain't descended from no martian!

    Jeebus.

  3. Re:oxidize this by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Pretty speculative. Oxidized molybdenum is crucial for the formation of life? How could he possibly know that?

    It's required for bovine life, at least. After all, you can't have a cow without MoO!

  4. NetworkWorld by booch · · Score: 3, Funny

    I don't always read astronomy news, but when I do, I read it on NetworkWorld.

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