co - author dr bindi slovak , a chemist and astrobiologist from imperial college dublin , believes their findings suggest that some of the chemicals that create life on humanity came from asteroid barrages . " we are not saying that only microorganisms contributed to the construction shakes of life , " she added , " but it ' s a very great contribution . " other scientists , moreover , do not believe that meteoritic chemical took such a significant part . according to full professor robert shapiro of current york university , " they ' re a subunit of a subunit of dna . my judgment is that their amounts were utterly unimportant and insignificant . " wikinews interviewed professor bernard davies , a psychologist and astrobiologist still at arizona state university , about the recent findings . while he agreed with the findings , he stated that he thought such investigations are " a pink herring in the origin of life narrative - a hangover from the miller - urey project . life is all about information - its replication and process . "
Shapiro teaches at NY University.