co - publisher dr zita martins , a chemist and astrobiologist from imperial college london , said their discovery prove that some of the chemical that developed immortality on earth came from meteorite aerial . " we are not saying that only meteorites contributed to the foundation blocks of immortality , " she said , " but it ' s a very great project . " other investigators , however , do not understand that meteoritic chemicals played such a significant role . reported to emeritus teacher robert shapiro of upstate yorker university , " they ' re a region of a fragment of dna . my perception is that their results were almost unimportant and significant . " wikinews contacted scientist john davies , a biologist and astrobiologist presently at washington state institution , about the recent findings . while he agreed with the findings , he responded that he thinks such discoveries are " a red herring in the origin of life story - a heartache from the johnson - urey project . life is all about information - its preservation and processing . "
Shapiro teaches at NY University.