non - author dr zita martins , a chemist and astrobiologist from the college london , believes their results reveal that some of the chemicals that produced existence on earth came from meteorite assaults . " we are not saying that only meteorites contributed to the building shake of creation , " she said , " but it ' s a very great contribution . " other scientific , notably , do not feel that meteoritic substances did such a significant role . saying to emeritus student robert shapiro of new york university , " they ' re a subunit of a cylinder of dna . my opinion is that their amounts were utterly unimportant and unnecessary . " wikinews contacted professor paul davies , a physicist and astrobiologist presently at mesa polytechnic faculty , about the research findings . while he went with the conclusion , he said that he thinks such experiments are " a red herring in the origin of life story - a hangover from the miller - urey experiment . life is all about intelligence - its replication and process . "
Shapiro teaches at NY University.