Are We All Aliens?


	Are We All Aliens?

nhorn

6-14-2008 10:11 PM

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aliens, space

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6-14-2008 10:48 PM

cristambor

Ultimately, all matter we are made from came from distant star explosions... so maybe we are, in a sense, aliens... or maybe rather the whole universe is our bigger home...

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