What are the origins of life on Earth? Did the building blocks for life originate here, or did they travel to our planet in the distant past from someplace further out in the cosmos? 

On this week's edition of The Micah Hanks Program, we explore the idea of panspermia or "cosmic ancestry," which supposes that for life to exist on a planet like ours may rely on extraterrestrial factors. We also look at ideas about whether aliens might already recognize that we exist but choose not to communicate with us, or even whether alien life may already exist right here on Earth.

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Show Notes

Below are links to stories and other content featured in this episode:

• NEWS: NASA’s Mega Rocket to the Moon Faces Setback After Test
• Psychedelic Schools for ‘Shamans’ Are Popping Up Like Mushrooms
• A Man Injected Magic Mushroom 'Tea' Into His Veins.. And Fungus Grew Inside Him
• PANSPERMIA: Building blocks of life found in famous Mars meteorite
• Scientists theorize that space aliens may already be here, but we can’t see them
• Earthlings' message to aliens: Do not 'contaminate' our planet
• Alien life could be weirder than our Earthling brains can ever imagine
• Are Humans the Real Ancient Aliens?
• Is Earthly Life Premature from a Cosmic Perspective?
• How an ancient cataclysm may have jump-started life on Earth
• Could Life on Earth Have Come from Another Star System?
• Did the Seeds of Life Come from Space? 
• Life Among the Stars? Tiny Interstellar Probes May Test 'Panspermia' Idea
• 'Zoo hypothesis' may explain why we haven't seen any space aliens
• A direct communication proposal to test the Zoo Hypothesis
• Are the aliens us? UFOs may be piloted by time-traveling humans, book argues

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