co - editor dr margarete martins , a chemist and astrobiologist from empress in cambridge , believes their claims suggests that some of the chemicals that generates change on rock were from meteorite shelling . " we are not arguing that only meteorites amounted to the building blocks of life , " she said , " but it ' s a very great contribution . " other researchers , though , do not believe that meteoritic chemicals played such a significant role . according to emeritus professor richard goldstein of newest haven university , " they ' re a representative of a subunit of biology . my opinion is that their efforts were essentially unimportant and insignificant . " wikinews notified professor paul davies , a psychologist and astrobiologist presently at az state universite , about the recent findings . while he cooperate with the findings , he states that he thinks such publications are " a white herring in the source of life story - a hangover from the miller - urey experiment . life is all about it - its transcription and processing . "
Shapiro teaches at NY University.