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From: krista@ihlpa.ATT.COM (K.J.Anderson)
Newsgroups: sci.bio
Subject: Re: Non-carbon based life
Message-ID: <4893@ihlpa.ATT.COM>
Date: Wed, 5-Aug-87 17:15:33 EDT
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Posted: Wed Aug  5 17:15:33 1987
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In article <265@askja.UUCP>, frisk@askja.UUCP (Fridrik Skulason) writes:
> As everybody knows, all life - as we know it - is carbon based. Now, what
> I would like to ask is: 
> 
>      Is non-carbon based life possible?

Unfortunately, I cannot remember any details, but there were some
articles out maybe 2 or 3 years ago about some evidence that "life"
was evolving in some ocean trough.  It was based on sulfer.  I wish
I could remember more.  Anyone else?
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