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In other words, they propose that life ''on'' Earth is not ''of'' this earth.
'''Panspermia''' ([[Accidental Innuendo|get your mind out of the gutter]]) is a scientific idea which proposes that life on Earth [[A Worldwide Punomenon|came]] to it from outer space, as aliens. This is a real, scientific theory, mind you. ([[That Other Wiki]], of course, [[wikipedia:Panspermia|has plenty of information.]]) This isn't the "[[Little Green Men]]"-style of alien, either. We're talking more along the lines of "cosmic pond scum hitching a ride in some water vapor in a comet." In ''fiction,'' panspermia (or exogenesis, which is similar but not identical) tends to gravitate toward the former, though—that aliens of some kind were actually the origin for life on Earth, or some other planet.
In fiction, this idea tends to pop up in one of two forms:
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