>>> 1. Could early planets, lacking in heavy elements, sustain life?
George Murphy wrote:
>> In the usual scenarios, only H & He isotopes, with slight traces
>>of Li-7 etc were made in the big bang. C & 0 would have been
>>negligible, & it's hard to see how you could have life without them.
Glenn Morton wrote:
>Given this chemistry, it would be hard to have a solid planet upon which
>life could evolve. What you would have mostly is gas planets, no
>terrestrial planets.
Then a series of at least two novations would be required. One wouldn't work.
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