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The astronomer concludes that life on Earth might have started with a microbe-carrying meteorite from Mars. Why should we believe this? Because although Earth was probably rendered inhospitable to early life by asteroid strikes, Mars escaped such strikes and therefore could have fostered life early in its history. And, we know that many meteorites originating on Mars have ended up striking Earth.
The referenced text helps support the claim that life on Earth might have started with a meteorite from Mars. If Mars actually wasnβt able to generate microbial life before Earth was, then there would be no reason to believe the meteorite argument. So, the author asserts in the referenced text that Mars could have hosted microbial life before Earth did. In addition, it's important to note that the referenced text receives support of its own; the author points out that Mars escaped severe asteroid bombardment as support for why there could have been microbial life on Mars before there was such life on Earth.
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