In which case, says an astrobiologist, the origin of life may be quite a bit easier than many of us envision.
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Smithsonian: The asteroid strike was only one factor in dinosaur extinction
Sixty-six million years ago, an asteroid hit the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico and produced cataclysmic disruptions that, it is believed, killed off about 75% of species (the K/Pg extinction). But many researchers think there must have been other factors at work.