[presidio9]

I will stake my reputation that there were no intelligent beings in the Milky Way 12-15 billion years ago.

And what, pray tell, is that reputation based on?

[SengirV]

It takes more than one generation of stars to produce stars with heavier elements. Proven(strong I know) right again, ahhhhhh it feels good

http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n0307/21parentstars/