It sounds like this work is fleshing out how one of the early steps in the evolution of live took place. I'm guessing that the more we learn about the links in

It sounds like this work is fleshing out how one of the early steps in the evolution of live took place. I'm guessing that the more we learn about the links in this chain, the more we'll know about whether or not it's plausible that there was some sort of panspermia.