Where Do Humans Come from? The Panspermia Theory The word Panspermia is derived from the greek words ‘pan’ (all) and ‘spermia’ (seeds), and basically means ‘seeds everywhere.’ The Panspermia theory states that life on Earth and other planets could be seeded by microbial life that has traveled through space inside comets, after being blasted off the surface of an inhabited planet by other comets and meteorites. The three most popular types of panspermia are: Directed Panspermia: This is the intentional seeding of other planets by advanced Alien civilizations or even the human race in the future. Ballistic Panspermia: Rocks expelled from a planet’s surface by impacts from comets and meteorites serve as methods of transport for biological material from one planet to another within the same solar system. Lithopanspermia: Rocks expelled from the surface of an inhabited planet carry biological matter from one solar system to another inside a comet that impacts upon a planet, thus seeding life upon that planet. History of the Panspermia Theory The Panspermia theory first appeared in the writings of Benoît de Maillet, a French nobleman, Diplomat and natural historian. He believed that life on Earth was seeded by germs from space falling into our oceans. The theory was then rekindled in the nineteenth century by the scientists Jöns Jacob Berzelius (1779–1848), Lord Kelvin (William Thomson) (1824–1907) andHermann von Helmholtz (1821–1894). This is what Lord Kelvin had to say on the theory of panspermia: “[W]e must regard it as probable in the highest degree that there are countless seed-bearing meteoric stones moving about through space. If at the present instance no life existed upon this Earth, one such stone falling upon it might, by what we blindly call natural causes, lead to its becoming covered with vegetation.” Panspermia Evidence In 2001 evidence to support the panspermia theory was presented by a group of British and Indian researchers headed by Chandra Wickramasinghe, at the 46th annual meeting of the International Society for Optical Engineering (SPIE) in San Diego. During their research they had managed to gather clumps of living cells from the stratosphere where there is no oxygen, nitrogen, or carbon dioxide. So this really does beg the question: Are humans alien to this planet?
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