co - book : zita martins , a chemist and astrobiologist from royal college britain , believes their results suggest that some of the chemist that generated life on earth developed from meteorite bombardments . " we are not saying that only planets contributed to the building phase of society , " she said , " but it ' s a very valuable contribution . " other critics , though , do not believe that meteoritic chemicals played such a significant role . talking to titular professor robert shapiro of east york universities , " they ' re a region of a subunit of chromosome . my opinions is that their amounts were wholly unimportant and insignificant . " wikinews contacted doctor paul potter , a chemist and astrobiologist presently at arizona state university , about the reported findings . while he agreed with the results , he claimed that he thinks such products are " a solid herring in the origin of life legend - a hangover from the miller - urey experiment . life is all about information - its preservation and processing . "
Shapiro teaches at NY University.