Written and published on 8 January 2022
Location: Los Angeles, California

Caption: “Size Comparison of Earth and Mars,” by Earth: NASA/Apollo 17 crew; and Mars: ESA/MPS/UPD/LAM/IAA/RSSD/INTA/UPM/DASP/IDA, 27 April 2015, in Wikimedia Commons … https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mars,_Earth_size_comparison.jpg … public domain

Dear Ones,

I just read a quotation from Fisher Professor of Natural History and Professor of Earth and Planetary Sciences Andrew H. Knoll in which he speculates that, as we gain more understanding of the origins of life on Earth, we can begin to imagine how life might have arisen on other planets as well …

Link: “History of Life on Earth Is Largely Microbial: Harvard Museum of Natural History Exhibit Takes Life Back to Tiny Roots,” by Alvin Powell, 7 October 2004, in The Harvard Gazette … https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2004/10/history-of-life-on-earth-is-largely-microbial/ ..

For example, there is the planet Mars. I am thinking of our Martian Bacterial Colonists of Earth, which arrived here from Mars 3 to 4 billion years ago.

The question is, when did bacteria evolve (probably as extremophiles) on Mars?

Earth is 4.5 billion years old, and Mars is 4.6 billion years old. That would make Mars 100 million years older than Earth. Could it be that the Martian Bacterial Colonists of Earth have a history of existence that is, say, 4.5 billion years old, rather than just 3 to 4 billion years old?

Could it be that the Martian culture was already well advanced when Earth formed, and that they had a very advanced understanding of genetic engineering at that time?

That would make sense, considering the need of their species to quickly evolve so as to survive the harsh and ever-changing environment of Mars. On Mars today, for instance, there are windstorms, lack of surface water, and temperatures range from -220 degrees F. to +70 degrees F. at the poles.

If great species adaptability was crucial to the continued existence of Martians on their home planet, and if they early on, of necessity, attained great skill at altering the genetic makeup of their species, then their genetic engineering feats must put us human completely out of the limelight. What must they think of the current status of our fledgling scientific and medical knowledge? I hesitate to venture a guess!

In love, light and joy,
I Am of the Stars

See also my ground-breaking, mind-bending blog series “First Contact with the Elder Race” Martian Bacterial Colonists of Earth.” This compilation includes the following five blogs …

• Link: “The Elder Race: Notes on Martian Bacterial Colonists of Earth: Part 1,” channeled by Alice B. Clagett, published on 1 December 2016; revised on 9 July 2017 and on 28 April 2020 … https://wp.me/p2Rkym-6u1 ..
• Link: “The Elder Race: Notes on Martian Bacterial Colonists of Earth: Part 2,” channeled by Alice B. Clagett, published on 1 December 2016; revised on 9 July 2017 and on 28 April 2020 … https://wp.me/p2Rkym-6u5 ..
• Link: “The Elder Race: Notes on Martian Bacterial Colonists of Earth: Part 3,” channeled by Alice B. Clagett, published on 3 December 2016; revised on 9 July 2017 and on 28 April 2020 … https://wp.me/p2Rkym-6us ..
• Link: “The Elder Race: Notes on Martian Bacterial Colonists of Earth: Part 4,” channeled by Alice B. Clagett, published on 3 December 2016; revised on 9 July 2017 and on 28 April 2020 … https://wp.me/p2Rkym-6uv ..
• Link: “The Elder Race: Notes on Martian Bacterial Colonists of Earth: Part 5,” channeled by Alice B. Clagett, published on 3 December 2016; revised on 9 July 2017 and on 28 April 2020 … https://wp.me/p2Rkym-6uz ..

Read on with the bolded blogs in the “Compendium of the Martian Archives: Bacterial Colonists of Earth … https://wp.me/p2Rkym-7sz… to which this blog has been added.

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MORE INFORMATION

Link: “Life on Mars?” by Carl Zimmer, May 2005, in Smithsonian Magazine … https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/life-on-mars-78138144/ ..

Link: “Meteorite Yields Evidence of Primitive Life on Mars,” by Donald L. Savage, James Hartsfield, and David Salisbury, 7 August 1996, in JPL NASA …  https://www2.jpl.nasa.gov/snc/nasa1.html ..

Link: “Extremophile Life Forms,” by W.P. Armstrong, 31 July 2020, in Palomar.edu …  https://www2.palomar.edu/users/warmstrong/ploct97.htm ..

Link: “Life on Mars,” in English Wikipedia … https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life_on_Mars ..

Link: “The Planet Mars,” by the National Weather Service … https://www.weather.gov/fsd/mars ..

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