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Seems more likely to me that if there is life on Venus, it was probably carried there from Earth at some point and probably has DNA/RNA base just like Earth lif
by umvi 6y ago
Seems more likely to me that if there is life on Venus, it was probably carried there from Earth at some point and probably has DNA/RNA base just like Earth life. Would be very interested if it was life with a completely different mechanism for reproduction.
- doctor_eval 6y agoAgreed, except that there is no reason that it had to go from Earth to Venus. Venus may have been habitable until 750 MYA.
- stupendousyappi 6y agoIndeed. All else being equal, I'd expect evolution to progress faster in hotter environments with more solar radiation. I wouldn't be surprised if Venusian microorganisms were more advanced, adaptable and capable of surviving an interplanetary journey than Earth ones two billion years ago.
- doctor_eval 6y agoI like to think that if we could dig beneath the surface we’ll find the remnants of an underground civilisation there... sort of like the martians from Broken Angels, but on Venus.