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jc611

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Why couldn't life have originated on the Moon or Mercury?
 
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Why is it difficult to find fossils representative of the time that life began on Earth?
 
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Reply #1 on: Jul 27, 2018
Answer to Question 1

For life to begin, liquid water is needed. The Moon and Mercury are airless worlds, and water would boil away into space immediately.

Answer to Question 2

Fossils this old are difficult to recognize because the earliest living organisms did not contain easily preserved hard parts, like bones or shells, and because the ancient organisms were microscopic.


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Reply 2 on: Jul 27, 2018
Great answer, keep it coming :)

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Excellent

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