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To: longshadow; VadeRetro; Tribune7
Lastly, has anyone seen this "biological/cosmological theory of Evolution" published in any mainstream peer-reviewed science journal? Does anyone know who first proposed it, and what exactly it says?

I don't think uses that exact phrasing, but it certain brings all of it together and has a strong proponent, Francis Crick - one of the discoverers of the double helix. More on the subject can be found at Cosmic Ancestry

3,399 posted on 01/07/2003 8:35:54 AM PST by Alamo-Girl
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To: Alamo-Girl
Francis Crick

English eccentric scientists make a good read -- Fred Hoyle, Penrose, et.al. -- but their speculations remain on the back burner of science. I love speculators -- they encourage invention and discovery -- but until the invention and discovery actually occurs, they are closer to science fiction than science.

3,406 posted on 01/07/2003 8:55:51 AM PST by js1138
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To: Alamo-Girl
I don't think uses that exact phrasing, but it certain brings all of it together and has a strong proponent, Francis Crick - one of the discoverers of the double helix. More on the subject can be found at Cosmic Ancestry

The question is whether or not there is a "well-known" (to quote "Truibune7") biologocal/cosmological "theory of evolution," as asserted earlier by him.

If there is, I've never heard of it... nor has anyone I know.

Now, let's see what they say at the site you linked:

Cosmic Ancestry is a new theory of evolution and the origin of life on Earth.

So, "Cosmic Ancestry" (which is an updated version of what is known as "panspermia") is a theory dealing with the origin and evolution of life on Earth. That's biology. Thus, it is NOT about Cosmology, which is about the nature and evolution of the Universe, despite the usage of the word "Cosmic" in its title.

As an aside, I personally don't have a big problem with the idea that the first forms of life on Earth could have originated from outer space. Since the (biological) Theory of Evolution does NOT deal with the issue of where or how the "first life" on Earth came into existence, it is perfectly compatible with panspermia.

Hoyle's enthusiam notwithstanding, I think it needs a bit more evidence in it's corner before it will get any traction.

3,410 posted on 01/07/2003 9:09:12 AM PST by longshadow
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To: Alamo-Girl
Thanks. That discussion was getting a bit postmodern.
3,439 posted on 01/07/2003 10:35:05 AM PST by Tribune7
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