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Life began on Mars, not Earth: Steven Benner

MINING.com Editor | September 02, 2013 | 5:13 am

It's more likely that life began on Mars rather than Earth because only Mars' surface contained highly oxidized molybdenum, crucial to the origin of life, according to University of Florida chemistry professor Steven A. Benner.  "It's only when molybdenum becomes...