From: BigBadBob-at-mrp3-dot-com@testing.local

On 2021-05-07 12:25, Auric__ wrote:

Big Bad Bob wrote:

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-9546225/Scientists-claim-
evidence-FUNGI-Red-Planet.html

On the other hand, isn't it likely that microbes from earth hitchhiked on the lander?

sure - always a possibility. May have also hitchhiked through space, on
a meteorite, from anything sent towards Mars (or through its orbital
path) that did not even land, etc..

Also: I would think that something that evolved on a different planet would be, y'know, *different*.

a lot of debate on that. If evolution finds the best "pattern" for
successful life, and this pattern works on Mars, maybe looking similar
to what's on Earth isn't so unlikely. A 'math formula' except it's biology.

OR... life actually originated on MARS, but when it lost its atmosphere,
nearly all of it died off... and it migrated to Earth through meteorites
that came to Earth [which we have found, according to scientists].