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Re:What If Life Did Not Originate on Earth? by satyenr on Wednesday July 10, 2019 @01:00AM (#20399251)
Because Venus’ atmosphere is full of Sulphuric Acid and various greenhouse gases which wouldn’t allow life as we know it to exist.
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Re:What If Life Did Not Originate on Earth? by drran on Wednesday July 10, 2019 @01:35AM (#20399379)
Our atmosphere is full of Oxygen, which is very poisonous gas, which killed 99% of live organisms on Earth. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Oxidation_Event

Life adapts.

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Re:What If Life Did Not Originate on Earth? by dredmorbius on Wednesday July 10, 2019 @06:15AM (#20400598)
There's some speculation that Venus may have been far more earthlike for some, possibly much, of its history.

Similarly, Earth wasn't particularly earthlike, in contemporary terms, for much of its history -- sometimes far hotter, frequently far colder.

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