scientist - publisher dr zita martins , a chemist and astrobiologist from curry college london , believes their research suggest that some of the chemicals that caused immortality on soil originated from fossils indiscriminate . " we are not suggesting that only meteorites contributed to the structure blocks of life , " she said , " but it ' s a very small impact . " other scientists , likewise , do not believe that meteoritic processes played such a significant position . reported to emeritus professor robert bernstein of old york state , " they ' re a constituent of a subunit of carbon . my opinion is that their amounts were nearly unimportant and nothing . " wikinews contacted university george davies , a physicist and astrobiologist presently at michigan , universidad , about the recent findings . while he agrees with the findings , he said that he thinks such discoveries are " a red herring in the origin of life story - a hangover from the owen - urey experiment . life is all about information - its replication and processing . "
Shapiro teaches at NY University.