COSMOZOI

CTHEORY

Cosmozoict heory(Theor
yofpansper mi a)givenbyRichter(1865),Hel
mhol t
z(1884),
Arr
henius(1908)suggest ed t
hatlif
er eached theearthfrom someheav enlybody
thr
oughmet eorit
es.Pansper
mia(pri
mitivef or
m ofli
fe,
assuggest edbyArrheni
us,1908)
consi
stedofspor esorseeds(sperms)andmi cr
obesthatexistedthr
oughoutuniver
se
andproduceddi f
fer
entformsofli
feont hisearth.

TheCosmozoi cTheor yproposest hatlifeoneart

hdidnotactual
lyor
igi
nateonthis
planet
,thought hereareseveralothertheori
esonhowli
feact
ual
lydidar
riv
e.Accor
ding
tothistheory,‘
protoplasm’reachedt heearthi
nthefor
m ofsporesorgermsorother
si
mpl eparti
clesfrom someunknownpar t
.

Cosmozoi ct heory(Theor yofpansper mia)givenbyRi chter(1865),Hel

mhol tz(1884),
Arrhenius(1908)suggest ed thatlifereached t heearthfrom someheav enl ybody
throughmet eorit
es.Pansper mi
a( pri
mi t
iveform ofli
fe,
assuggest edbyArrhenius,1908)
consistedofspor esorseeds( sperms)andmi crobesthatexistedthr
oughoutuni verse
andpr oduceddi f
ferentformsofl i
feont hiseart
h.TheCosmozoi cTheoryproposest hat
l
ifeonear t
hdi dnotact ual
lyorigi
nateont hi
spl anet
,thought herearesev eralother
theori
esonhowl ifeactuall
ydidar r
ive.

Accor
dingt
othi
stheor
y,‘
prot
opl
asm’
reachedt
heear
thi
nthef
orm ofspor
esorger
ms

orot
hersimplepart
icl
esfr
om someunknownpartoftheuni
versewit
hthecosmicdust
,
andsubsequent
lyevol
vedi
ntovar
iousf
ormsofli
fe.Helmhol
z(1884)specul
atedt
hat

‘
prot
opl
asm’
insomef
ormr
eachedt
heear
thwi
thf
all
i
ngmet
eor
it
es.

Evidencesagai
nstCosmozoicTheor
y:Liv
ingmatt
ercannotsur
vivetheextremecold,
dry
nessandul t
ra-
viol
etr
adi
ati
onfrom t
hesunrequi
redtobecrossedforreachi
ngthe
eart
h.