Early Earth Microbes May Have Eaten Raw Meteorites

Is it possible that life on earth began with an out of this world rock buffet?

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Sources:
Annemiek Waajen — interview
Rebecca Prescott — interview
https://eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/112179/
https://www.liebertpub.com/doi/10.1089/ast.2021.0089
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbonaceous_chondrite#/media/File:Allende_meteorite.jpg
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https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2020/key-organic-molecule
https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/photo/psyche-asteroid-in-space-royalty-free-image/1286927980?phrase=asteroid%20mining&adppopup=true