Organic molecules discovered within a stone on Mars cannot be fully explained by nonbiological processes, and it’s “reasonable to hypothesize” that living things could have formed these odd organic molecules, a NASA-led team reports in a new study. However, this doesn’t mean scientists have found definitive proof of life on Mars, they cautioned.
I… What? No, that’s not even close to what the paper concludes.
“We argue that such high concentrations of long-chain alkanes are inconsistent with a few known abiotic sources of organic molecules on ancient Mars, namely delivery of organics by IDPs and meteorites […]”
They’re literally arguing meteorites could not have delivered this concentration of long-chain alkanes.
you know what… i misread “inconsistent.” thanks for the reply!