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I think the main point is that if amino-acids in the sample were left-handed they might have come from Earthly contamination of the sample.

Since they are a mixture of right and left-handed they definitely come from space.

Chirality of life is not a consequence of panspermia, just a consequence of incompatibility so one had to win eventually.




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