[Unknown, Misidentified, or Hoax] Science news: Octopuses came to Earth from space as frozen eggs millions of years ago - Express.co.uk

[octobot]

Express.co.uk​

Science news: Octopuses came to Earth from space as frozen eggs millions of years ago
Express.co.uk
“The transformative genes leading from the consensus ancestral Nautilus to the common Cuttlefish to Squid to the common are not easily to be found in any pre-existing life form – it is plausible then to suggest they seem to be borrowed from a far ...


Continue reading...

 

[octobot]

Daily Mail​

Is the octopus an 'extraterrestrial import' that arrived to Earth via comet? Paper resurrects controversial theory ...
Daily Mail
'Thus the possibility that cryopreserved Squid and/or Octopus eggs, arrived in icy bolides several hundred million years ago should not be discounted as that would be aparsimonious cosmic explanation for the Octopus' sudden emergence on Earth circa 270 ...


Continue reading...

 

[octobot]

Yahoo News​

Scientists claim common sea creature 'arrived on our planet from space'
Yahoo News
There's no doubt octopuses are strange creatures, unlike anything else on this planet, but could they actually come from another world? A controversial science paper has argued just that, suggesting that octopuses may have arrived on our planet as ...


Continue reading...

 

[octobot]

Boing Boing​

Scientists declare octopi life from another world
Boing Boing
“The transformative genes leading from the consensus ancestral Nautilus to the common Cuttlefish to Squid to the common are not easily to be found in any pre-existing life form – it is plausible then to suggest they seem to be borrowed from a far ...


Continue reading...

 

[octobot]

BuzzFeed News​

Did Octopuses Come From Aliens? "There Is No Evidence For It At All."
BuzzFeed News
Overall, the genes of the octopus are nothing special, that genome showed. "We found a fairly standard set of developmentally important transcription factors and signalling pathway genes," wrote the authors, "suggesting that the evolution of the ...


Continue reading...

 

[octobot]

The Week Magazine​

Are octopuses aliens? These 33 scientists think they just might be ...
The Week Magazine
The researchers' claim is made in the journal Progress in Biophysics and Molecular Biology, and it suggests that a "plausible explanation" for the octopus' genetic weirdness is that "squid and/or octopus eggs arrived in icy bodies several hundred ...
Are octopuses aliens? New study argues 'frozen eggs' came from spaceYahoo News

all 2 news articles »

Continue reading...

 

[tonmo]

no

 

[octobot]

Popular Science​

Octopuses are not aliens, but boy are they a bunch of beautiful weirdos
Popular Science
They use an octopus as an example, noting that “The transformative genes leading from the consensus ancestral Nautilus to the common Cuttlefish to Squid to the common Octopus are not easily to be found in any pre-existing life form” and that therefore ...
Are octopuses aliens from outer space that were brought to Earth by meteors?The Independent
Nope, octopuses probably didn't come from outer spaceZME Science

all 5 news articles »

Continue reading...

 

[DWhatley]

no

Since my teenage years, I have kept open the idea that life on earth (not specific species) was kick started this way each time we have had a massive explosion of diversity. Alternately, I have wondered about the ozone layer and sun flares at those times and if radiation is responsible for the massive changes.

 

[tonmo]

likewise! Definitely plausible... but singling out cephs / citing as scientific study is sensational. I'll flip to "YES!" when any scientific proof is somehow finally offered.