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Researchers in Tokyo recently discovered that a layer of dead bacteria can protect living bacteria beneath it for up to eight years. These bacteria beneath the protective layer of dead cells are resistant to radiation, desiccation, and lack of nutrition. These protected cells can even travel long distances in a vacuum without being killed. What idea for the origin of life is BEST supported by the description here? A) panspermia B) abiogenesis C) primordial soup formation D) formation of life at hydrothermal vent locations

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Answer:

A biogenesis

Step-by-step explanation:

A biogenesis is the idea that life has originated from small, single celled organic matter (such as bacteria). All of the other theories are less relavant to the topic.

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