And/or, as conjectured by Sitchin in 1976 ("12th Planet" pg 231, describing the collision of Nibiru (Marduk) and Tiamat:
'During that collision, the life-bearing soil and air of the Twelfth Planet "seeded" Earth, giving it the biological and complex early forms of life for whose early appearance there is no other explanation.'
There are other explanations even within the panspermia milieu.
ZetaTalk: Whiplash
ZetaTalk | written Apr 14, 2004 | Nancy Lieder
Posted on 12/30/2005 5:47:27 PM PST by SunkenCiv
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