panspermia
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Origin of panspermia
1835–45; < New Latin < Greek panspermía mixture of all seeds. See pan-, -sperm, -ia
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The study also briefly considers directed panspermia, a controversial idea proposed by Francis Crick and Leslie Orgel.
From Science Daily • Oct. 26, 2025
The arrival from space of the seeds of biomolecules is called panspermia.
From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022
Even if Loeb and Siraj’s meteor had managed to reach Earth’s surface, however, other experts in the arcane topic of panspermia suggest it would not have brought anything living with it.
From Scientific American • Apr. 23, 2019
“We’ll create panspermia if it didn’t already exist,” he said.
From New York Times • Feb. 21, 2011
All the citizens cooked a panspermia or “Pot-of-all-Seeds,” but of this Pot-of-all-Seeds no citizen tasted.
From Ancient Art and Ritual by Harrison, Jane Ellen
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