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| (Granddaddy Mars) |
Sounds a bit sci fi?
Perhaps.
However, the idea actually came from a recent article titled "We Might Be Martians." Nope, not from The National Enquirer,
but from The Atlantic… Writer J. J. Gould points out that the findings of astronomy have been pretty much of a down-hill run for human-centered cosmology. Ditto for Earth-centered cosmology…
Not only are there billions (upon billions) of stars other than our own sun, but there are also untold numbers of orbiting planets. The possibility of life (either carbon-based or otherwise) on other planets (within or beyond our solar system) seems therefore quite real.
Gould reports on evidence-based indications that "billions of years ago, Mars had water and atmospheric conditions that could, theoretically, have supported life."
Since meteor strikes "have meanwhile caused serial ejections of material from Earth to Mars and from Mars to Earth," it's possible that microbial life from Mars may have found its way to Earth.
Given eons of evolution, these Martian microbes might have eventually morphed into human Earthlings.
If that is correct, then Ancestry.com would have to expand its investigations way beyond Ellis Island.
And the all-too-human (so we thought) expression "green with envy"? Well, it's finally beginning to make a lot more sense…
Resources
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/might-martians-232936489.html
Copyright July 1, 2013 by Linda Van Slyke All Rights Reserved
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