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Aliens, all of us!

Humans are aliens from outer space, says scientist

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Posted On Thursday, February 04, 2010 at 12:29:46 AM



London: In what sounds to be a new science fiction theme, a top British scientist has claimed that all humans are aliens who have come to earth from outer space.

Prof Chandra Wickramasinghe, an Asian-origin astrobiologist at Cardiff University, said his research “overwhelmingly supported” the view that human life started from outside the planet.

According to Wickramasinghe, the first “seeds of life” were deposited on earth from space some 3,800 million years ago.

He claimed that “microbes from outer space arrived on earth from comets, which then multiplied and seeded” to form human life, the Telegraph reported.

“Yes, we are all aliens — we share a cosmic ancestry,” Wickramasinghe said. “Each time a new planetary system forms a few surviving microbes find their way into comets. These then multiply and seed other planets.

“We are thus part of a connected chain that extends over a large volume of the cosmos. Evidence is pointing inexorably in this direction.” Wickramasinghe said his research, published in the Cambridge University's International Journal of Astrobiology, showed that life is transferred from planet to planet over billions of years.

According to his theory, all life on earth is brought by comets hitting the planet. He believes comets hit planets and pushed living matter out into space.





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